diff --git a/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/Parser.scala b/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/Parser.scala
index d73a164ed4..33362c1247 100644
--- a/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/Parser.scala
+++ b/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/Parser.scala
@@ -836,6 +836,10 @@ class Parser(tokens: Seq[Token], source: Source) {
     nonterminal:
       when(`at`) { Maybe.Some(captureSet(), span()) } { Maybe.None(span()) }
 
+  def maybeAtomicTypeAnnotation(): Option[AtomicType] =
+    nonterminal:
+      if peek(`:`) then Some(atomicTypeAnnotation()) else None
+
   def maybeValueTypeAnnotation(): Option[ValueType] =
     nonterminal:
       if peek(`:`) then Some(valueTypeAnnotation()) else None
@@ -852,6 +856,10 @@ class Parser(tokens: Seq[Token], source: Source) {
     if peek(`:`) then  `:` ~> effectful()
     else fail("return type annotation", peek.kind)
 
+  def atomicTypeAnnotation(): AtomicType =
+    if peek(`:`) then  `:` ~> atomicType()
+    else fail("a type annotation", peek.kind)
+
   def valueTypeAnnotation(): ValueType =
     if peek(`:`) then  `:` ~> valueType()
     else fail("a type annotation", peek.kind)
@@ -1005,14 +1013,13 @@ class Parser(tokens: Seq[Token], source: Source) {
     nonterminal:
       peek.kind match {
         case `__` => skip(); IgnorePattern(span())
-        case _ if isVariable  =>
-          idRef() match {
+        case _ if isVariable  => idRef() match {
             case id if peek(`(`) => TagPattern(id, many(matchPattern, `(`, `,`, `)`).unspan, span())
-            case IdRef(Nil, name, span) => AnyPattern(IdDef(name, span), span)
+            case IdRef(Nil, name, span) =>
+              maybeAtomicTypeAnnotation()
+              AnyPattern(IdDef(name, span), span)
             case IdRef(_, name, _) => fail("Cannot use qualified names to bind a pattern variable")
           }
-        case _ if isVariable =>
-          AnyPattern(idDef(), span())
         case _ if isLiteral => LiteralPattern(literal(), span())
         case `(` => some(matchPattern, `(`, `,`, `)`) match {
           case Many(p :: Nil , _) => fail("Pattern matching on tuples requires more than one element")
diff --git a/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/source/Tree.scala b/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/source/Tree.scala
index 45486e0aad..3c26ff8f4e 100644
--- a/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/source/Tree.scala
+++ b/effekt/shared/src/main/scala/effekt/source/Tree.scala
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ case class Effectful(tpe: ValueType, eff: Effects, span: Span) extends Type
 // These are just type aliases for documentation purposes.
 type BlockType = Type
 type ValueType = Type
+type AtomicType = Type
 
 /**
  * Represents an annotated set of effects. Before name resolution, we cannot know
diff --git a/examples/pos/patternmatching/pattern-annotations.check b/examples/pos/patternmatching/pattern-annotations.check
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28fbb899dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pos/patternmatching/pattern-annotations.check
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+1
+hello
+---
+()
+---
+0
+1
+2
+---
+test
+world
+---
+true
+false
+---
+world
+test
+---
+42
diff --git a/examples/pos/patternmatching/pattern-annotations.effekt b/examples/pos/patternmatching/pattern-annotations.effekt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..352422cadc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pos/patternmatching/pattern-annotations.effekt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+def ex1(lst: List[Int]) = lst match {
+    case Cons(x: Int, y) => x.show
+    case _ => "hello"
+}
+
+def f { g: ((Int, String)) => Unit }: Unit = g((0, ""))
+
+def ex2() = f { case (x: Int, y) => () }
+
+def ex3() = for[(Int, String)] { [(0, "a"), (1, "b"), (2, "c")].each } { case (i: Int, s: String) =>
+  println(i.show) 
+}
+
+def ex4(opt: Option[String]) = if (opt is Some(x: String)) x else "world"
+
+def ex5(opt: Option[Bool]) = {
+  val Some(x: Bool) = opt else false
+  x
+}
+
+def ex6(str: String) = str match {
+  case "hello" => "world"
+  case s: String => s
+}
+
+def ex7(f: Int => Int at {}) = f match {
+  case f: (Int => Int at {}) => f(41).show
+}
+
+def main() = {
+  println(ex1([1, 2]))
+  println(ex1([]))
+  println("---")
+  println(ex2())
+  println("---")
+  ex3()
+  println("---")
+  println(ex4(Some("test")))
+  println(ex4(None()))
+  println("---")
+  println(ex5(Some(true)))
+  println(ex5(None()))
+  println("---")
+  println(ex6("hello"))
+  println(ex6("test"))
+  println("---")
+  println(ex7(box { x => x + 1 }))
+}
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