diff --git a/src/dcd/server/autocomplete/util.d b/src/dcd/server/autocomplete/util.d
index a50bea9..9ab7464 100644
--- a/src/dcd/server/autocomplete/util.d
+++ b/src/dcd/server/autocomplete/util.d
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ AutocompleteResponse.Completion makeSymbolCompletionInfo(const DSymbol* symbol,
 {
 	string definition;
 	if ((kind == CompletionKind.variableName || kind == CompletionKind.memberVariableName) && symbol.type)
-		definition = symbol.type.name ~ ' ' ~ symbol.name;
+		definition = symbol.type.name ~ (symbol.type.isPointer ? "*" : "") ~ ' ' ~ symbol.name;
 	else if (kind == CompletionKind.enumMember)
 		definition = symbol.name; // TODO: add enum value to definition string
 	else