diff --git a/lib/nodes.js b/lib/nodes.js
index 76538254..12b51fc0 100644
--- a/lib/nodes.js
+++ b/lib/nodes.js
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
       var code;
       o.indent = (this.tab = o.noWrap ? '' : TAB);
       o.scope = new Scope(null, this, null);
-      code = o.globals ? this.compileNode(o) : this.compileWithDeclarations(o);
+      code = this.compileWithDeclarations(o);
       code = code.replace(TRAILING_WHITESPACE, '');
       code = code.replace(DOUBLE_PARENS, '($1)');
       return o.noWrap ? code : ("(function(){\n" + code + "\n})();\n");
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
       if (o.scope.hasAssignments(this)) {
         code = ("" + (this.tab) + "var " + (o.scope.compiledAssignments()) + ";\n" + code);
       }
-      if (o.scope.hasDeclarations(this)) {
+      if (!o.globals && o.scope.hasDeclarations(this)) {
         code = ("" + (this.tab) + "var " + (o.scope.compiledDeclarations()) + ";\n" + code);
       }
       return code;
diff --git a/src/nodes.coffee b/src/nodes.coffee
index c1c4f930..894526d0 100644
--- a/src/nodes.coffee
+++ b/src/nodes.coffee
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ exports.Expressions: class Expressions extends BaseNode
   compileRoot: (o) ->
     o.indent: @tab: if o.noWrap then '' else TAB
     o.scope: new Scope(null, this, null)
-    code: if o.globals then @compileNode(o) else @compileWithDeclarations(o)
+    code: @compileWithDeclarations(o)
     code: code.replace(TRAILING_WHITESPACE, '')
     code: code.replace(DOUBLE_PARENS, '($1)')
     if o.noWrap then code else "(function(){\n$code\n})();\n"
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ exports.Expressions: class Expressions extends BaseNode
   compileWithDeclarations: (o) ->
     code: @compileNode(o)
     code: "${@tab}var ${o.scope.compiledAssignments()};\n$code"  if o.scope.hasAssignments(this)
-    code: "${@tab}var ${o.scope.compiledDeclarations()};\n$code" if o.scope.hasDeclarations(this)
+    code: "${@tab}var ${o.scope.compiledDeclarations()};\n$code" if not o.globals and o.scope.hasDeclarations(this)
     code
 
   # Compiles a single expression within the expressions body. If we need to
diff --git a/test/test_compilation.coffee b/test/test_compilation.coffee
index c80bc8e2..3ff3b879 100644
--- a/test/test_compilation.coffee
+++ b/test/test_compilation.coffee
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ js: CoffeeScript.compile("one\r\ntwo", {noWrap: on})
 
 ok js is "one;\ntwo;"
 
+
+global.resultArray: []
+CoffeeScript.run("resultArray.push i for i of global", {noWrap: on, globals: on, source: 'tests'})
+
+ok 'setInterval' in global.resultArray
+