diff --git a/src/vm/js/Perl6/Ops.nqp b/src/vm/js/Perl6/Ops.nqp
index 461274a28f4..8467439547f 100644
--- a/src/vm/js/Perl6/Ops.nqp
+++ b/src/vm/js/Perl6/Ops.nqp
@@ -74,3 +74,5 @@ $ops.add_simple_op('p6definite', $ops.OBJ, [$ops.OBJ], :decont(0));
 $ops.add_simple_op('p6captureouters2', $ops.OBJ, [$ops.OBJ, $ops.OBJ], :ctx);
 $ops.add_simple_op('p6captureouters', $ops.OBJ, [$ops.OBJ], :ctx);
 $ops.add_simple_op('p6capturelex', $ops.OBJ, [$ops.OBJ], :ctx);
+
+$ops.add_simple_op('p6var', $ops.OBJ, [$ops.OBJ], :sideffects); # TODO not really just needs marking as returning a fresh value
diff --git a/src/vm/js/perl6-runtime/runtime.js b/src/vm/js/perl6-runtime/runtime.js
index 1ea30b2c3ef..8ea79e0f37a 100644
--- a/src/vm/js/perl6-runtime/runtime.js
+++ b/src/vm/js/perl6-runtime/runtime.js
@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ op.p6capturelex = function(ctx, codeObj) {
   return codeObj;
 };
 
+op.p6var = function(cont) {
+  if (cont != null && cont.$$iscont && cont.$$iscont()) {
+    var wrapper = Scalar._STable.REPR.allocate(Scalar._STable);
+    wrapper.$$bindattr(Scalar, '$!value', cont);
+    return wrapper;
+  } else {
+    return cont;
+  }
+}
 
 var containerSpecs = require('nqp-runtime/container-specs.js');