diff --git a/src/Transpiler.ts b/src/Transpiler.ts
index 07b610cb5..74c1b1ddc 100644
--- a/src/Transpiler.ts
+++ b/src/Transpiler.ts
@@ -1767,6 +1767,8 @@ export abstract class LuaTranspiler {
             if (ts.isPropertyAssignment(element)) {
                 const expression = this.transpileExpression(element.initializer);
                 properties.push(`${name} = ${expression}`);
+            } else if (ts.isShorthandPropertyAssignment(element)) {
+                properties.push(`${name} = ${name}`);
             } else {
                 throw TSTLErrors.UnsupportedKind("object literal element", element.kind, node);
             }
diff --git a/test/translation/lua/shorthandPropertyAssignment.lua b/test/translation/lua/shorthandPropertyAssignment.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61f501c56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/translation/lua/shorthandPropertyAssignment.lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+local f = function(x) return ({x = x}) end
diff --git a/test/translation/ts/shorthandPropertyAssignment.ts b/test/translation/ts/shorthandPropertyAssignment.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b2aa7e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/translation/ts/shorthandPropertyAssignment.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+const f = x => ({ x });
diff --git a/test/unit/objectLiteral.spec.ts b/test/unit/objectLiteral.spec.ts
index bad44c6d3..823a998d4 100644
--- a/test/unit/objectLiteral.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/objectLiteral.spec.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,18 @@ export class ObjectLiteralTests {
     @TestCase(`{["a"]:3,b:"4"}`, `{["a"] = 3,b = "4"}`)
     @TestCase(`{["a"+123]:3,b:"4"}`, `{["a" .. 123] = 3,b = "4"}`)
     @TestCase(`{[myFunc()]:3,b:"4"}`, `{[myFunc()] = 3,b = "4"}`)
+    @TestCase(`{x}`, `{x = x}`)
     @Test("Object Literal")
     public objectLiteral(inp: string, out: string) {
         var lua = util.transpileString(`const myvar = ${inp};`)
         Expect(lua).toBe(`local myvar = ${out}`);
     }
+
+    @TestCase("3", 3)
+    @Test("Shorthand Property Assignment")
+    public ShorthandPropertyAssignment(input: string, expected: number): void {
+        const lua = util.transpileString(`const x = ${input}; const o = {x}; return o.x;`);
+        const result = util.executeLua(lua);
+        Expect(result).toBe(expected);
+    }
 }