diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/interactive/Interactive.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/interactive/Interactive.scala
index bfb42b1a5395..b6feab31a269 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/interactive/Interactive.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/interactive/Interactive.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import scala.collection._
 import ast.{NavigateAST, Trees, tpd, untpd}
 import core._, core.Decorators.{sourcePos => _, _}
 import Contexts._, Flags._, Names._, NameOps._, Symbols._, Trees._, Types._
+import transform.SymUtils.decorateSymbol
 import util.Positions._, util.SourceFile, util.SourcePosition
 import core.Denotations.SingleDenotation
 import NameKinds.SimpleNameKind
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ object Interactive {
       def isDefinitions: Boolean = (bits & definitions.bits) != 0
       def isLinkedClass: Boolean = (bits & linkedClass.bits) != 0
       def isImports: Boolean = (bits & imports.bits) != 0
+      def isLocal: Boolean = (bits & local.bits) != 0
     }
 
     /** The empty set */
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@ object Interactive {
     /** Include imports in the results */
     val imports: Set = Set(1 << 5)
 
+    /** Include local symbols, inspect local trees */
+    val local: Set = Set(1 << 6)
+
     /** All the flags */
     val all: Set = Set(~0)
   }
@@ -321,12 +326,25 @@ object Interactive {
    *
    *  @param includeReferences  If true, include references and not just definitions
    */
-  def namedTrees(trees: List[SourceTree], include: Include.Set, treePredicate: NameTree => Boolean)
-    (implicit ctx: Context): List[SourceTree] = safely {
+  def namedTrees(trees: List[SourceTree],
+                 include: Include.Set,
+                 treePredicate: NameTree => Boolean = util.common.alwaysTrue
+                )(implicit ctx: Context): List[SourceTree] = safely {
     val buf = new mutable.ListBuffer[SourceTree]
 
     def traverser(source: SourceFile) = {
       new untpd.TreeTraverser {
+        private def handle(utree: untpd.NameTree): Unit = {
+          val tree = utree.asInstanceOf[tpd.NameTree]
+          if (tree.symbol.exists
+               && !tree.symbol.is(Synthetic)
+               && !tree.symbol.isPrimaryConstructor
+               && tree.pos.exists
+               && !tree.pos.isZeroExtent
+               && (include.isReferences || isDefinition(tree))
+               && treePredicate(tree))
+            buf += SourceTree(tree, source)
+        }
         override def traverse(tree: untpd.Tree)(implicit ctx: Context) = {
           tree match {
             case imp: untpd.Import if include.isImports && tree.hasType =>
@@ -334,16 +352,11 @@ object Interactive {
               val selections = tpd.importSelections(tree)
               traverse(imp.expr)
               selections.foreach(traverse)
+            case utree: untpd.ValOrDefDef if tree.hasType =>
+              handle(utree)
+              if (include.isLocal) traverseChildren(tree)
             case utree: untpd.NameTree if tree.hasType =>
-              val tree = utree.asInstanceOf[tpd.NameTree]
-              if (tree.symbol.exists
-                   && !tree.symbol.is(Synthetic)
-                   && !tree.symbol.isPrimaryConstructor
-                   && tree.pos.exists
-                   && !tree.pos.isZeroExtent
-                   && (include.isReferences || isDefinition(tree))
-                   && treePredicate(tree))
-                buf += SourceTree(tree, source)
+              handle(utree)
               traverseChildren(tree)
             case tree: untpd.Inlined =>
               traverse(tree.call)
@@ -474,6 +487,7 @@ object Interactive {
   def findDefinitions(path: List[Tree], pos: SourcePosition, driver: InteractiveDriver)(implicit ctx: Context): List[SourceTree] = {
     enclosingSourceSymbols(path, pos).flatMap { sym =>
       val enclTree = enclosingTree(path)
+      val includeLocal = if (sym.exists && sym.isLocal) Include.local else Include.empty
 
       val (trees, include) =
         if (enclTree.isInstanceOf[MemberDef])
@@ -492,7 +506,7 @@ object Interactive {
             (Nil, Include.empty)
         }
 
-      findTreesMatching(trees, include, sym)
+      findTreesMatching(trees, include | includeLocal, sym)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/language-server/src/dotty/tools/languageserver/DottyLanguageServer.scala b/language-server/src/dotty/tools/languageserver/DottyLanguageServer.scala
index f2578f978b82..a8dd44db60fb 100644
--- a/language-server/src/dotty/tools/languageserver/DottyLanguageServer.scala
+++ b/language-server/src/dotty/tools/languageserver/DottyLanguageServer.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import core._, core.Decorators.{sourcePos => _, _}
 import Comments._, Constants._, Contexts._, Flags._, Names._, NameOps._, Symbols._, SymDenotations._, Trees._, Types._
 import classpath.ClassPathEntries
 import reporting._, reporting.diagnostic.{Message, MessageContainer, messages}
-import transform.SymUtils.decorateSymbol
 import typer.Typer
 import util.{Set => _, _}
 import interactive._, interactive.InteractiveDriver._
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ class DottyLanguageServer extends LanguageServer
 
     val includes = {
       val includeDeclaration = params.getContext.isIncludeDeclaration
-      Include.references | Include.overriding | Include.imports |
+      Include.references | Include.overriding | Include.imports | Include.local |
         (if (includeDeclaration) Include.definitions else Include.empty)
     }
 
@@ -457,9 +456,8 @@ class DottyLanguageServer extends LanguageServer
     implicit val ctx = driver.currentCtx
 
     val uriTrees = driver.openedTrees(uri)
-    val predicate = (tree: NameTree) => !tree.symbol.isLocal
 
-    val defs = Interactive.namedTrees(uriTrees, Include.empty, predicate)
+    val defs = Interactive.namedTrees(uriTrees, Include.empty)
     (for {
       d <- defs if !isWorksheetWrapper(d)
       info <- symbolInfo(d.tree.symbol, d.namePos, positionMapperFor(d.source))
@@ -468,16 +466,12 @@ class DottyLanguageServer extends LanguageServer
 
   override def symbol(params: WorkspaceSymbolParams) = computeAsync { cancelToken =>
     val query = params.getQuery
-    def predicate(implicit ctx: Context): NameTree => Boolean = { tree =>
-      val sym = tree.symbol
-      !sym.isLocal && tree.name.toString.contains(query)
-    }
 
     drivers.values.toList.flatMap { driver =>
       implicit val ctx = driver.currentCtx
 
       val trees = driver.sourceTreesContaining(query)
-      val defs = Interactive.namedTrees(trees, Include.empty, predicate)
+      val defs = Interactive.namedTrees(trees, Include.empty, _.name.toString.contains(query))
       defs.flatMap(d => symbolInfo(d.tree.symbol, d.namePos, positionMapperFor(d.source)))
     }.asJava
   }
@@ -505,7 +499,7 @@ class DottyLanguageServer extends LanguageServer
           val predicates = definitions.map(Interactive.implementationFilter(_)(ctx))
           tree => predicates.exists(_(tree))
         }
-        val matches = Interactive.namedTrees(trees, Include.empty, predicate)(ctx)
+        val matches = Interactive.namedTrees(trees, Include.local, predicate)(ctx)
         matches.map(tree => location(tree.namePos(ctx), positionMapperFor(tree.source)))
       }
     }.toList
diff --git a/language-server/test/dotty/tools/languageserver/ReferencesTest.scala b/language-server/test/dotty/tools/languageserver/ReferencesTest.scala
index bfe811b2751e..b99947bfe9bb 100644
--- a/language-server/test/dotty/tools/languageserver/ReferencesTest.scala
+++ b/language-server/test/dotty/tools/languageserver/ReferencesTest.scala
@@ -346,4 +346,14 @@ class ReferencesTest {
      .references(m11 to m12, List(m9 to m10, m11 to m12), withDecl = false)
   }
 
+  @Test def referenceInsideLocalMember: Unit = {
+    withSources(
+      code"""object A {
+            |  val ${m1}foo${m2} = 0
+            |  def fizz = println(${m3}foo${m4})
+            |}"""
+    ).references(m1 to m2, List(m1 to m2, m3 to m4), withDecl = true)
+     .references(m1 to m2, List(m3 to m4), withDecl = false)
+  }
+
 }