diff --git a/src/Language/SystemVerilog/Parser/ParseDecl.hs b/src/Language/SystemVerilog/Parser/ParseDecl.hs
index 23be5ea..f01d9d4 100644
--- a/src/Language/SystemVerilog/Parser/ParseDecl.hs
+++ b/src/Language/SystemVerilog/Parser/ParseDecl.hs
@@ -343,9 +343,13 @@ parseDTsAsComponents tokens =
 parseDTsAsComponent :: [DeclToken] -> (Position, Component, [DeclToken])
 parseDTsAsComponent [] = error "parseDTsAsComponent unexpected end of tokens"
 parseDTsAsComponent l0 =
-    if l /= Nothing && l /= Just Automatic
-        then error $ "unexpected non-automatic lifetime: " ++ show l0
-        else (position, component, l5)
+    if l /= Nothing && l /= Just Automatic then
+        error $ "unexpected non-automatic lifetime: " ++ show l0
+    else if dir == Local && tf rs == Implicit Unspecified [] then
+        error $ "declaration(s) missing type information: "
+            ++ show (position, tps)
+    else
+        (position, component, l5)
     where
         (dir, l1) = takeDir      l0
         (l  , l2) = takeLifetime l1
diff --git a/test/error/dangling_stmt.sv b/test/error/dangling_stmt.sv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bc6515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/error/dangling_stmt.sv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module top;
+    logic y;
+    y = 1;
+endmodule
diff --git a/test/error/run.sh b/test/error/run.sh
index e9866f1..0cca832 100755
--- a/test/error/run.sh
+++ b/test/error/run.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ addTest() {
     suite_addTest test_$test
 }
 
+source ../lib/functions.sh
 source ../lib/discover.sh
 
 . shunit2