diff --git a/test/test_tensor_variable.py b/test/test_tensor_variable.py
index 45b19928de841..6f90d790a2473 100644
--- a/test/test_tensor_variable.py
+++ b/test/test_tensor_variable.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ def test_symbolic_mean(self):
     ret = t.mean().item()
     assert ret == 1
 
-  @unittest.skip("symbolic var isn't supported")
   def test_symbolic_var(self):
     vv = Variable("a", 1, 10)
     vv.bind(2)
diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index e25284105dc86..a21e1400fcf47 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from tinygrad.ops import LoadOps, ScheduleItem
 from tinygrad.buffer import Buffer, BufferOptions
 from tinygrad.device import Device
-from tinygrad.shape.symbolic import sint, Variable, MulNode, Node
+from tinygrad.shape.symbolic import sint, Variable, MulNode, SumNode, NumNode, Node
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import run_schedule, memory_planner
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import create_schedule_with_vars
 
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ def shard_(self, devices:Tuple[str, ...], axis:Optional[int]=None):
   @staticmethod
   def from_node(y:Node, **kwargs) -> Tensor:
     if isinstance(y, MulNode): return Tensor.from_node(y.a, **kwargs) * y.b
+    if isinstance(y, SumNode): return Tensor.from_node(y.nodes[0], **kwargs) + sum(y.nodes[1:])
+    if isinstance(y, NumNode): return Tensor(y.b, **kwargs, requires_grad=False)
     if isinstance(y, Variable): return Tensor(y, **kwargs, requires_grad=False)
     raise RuntimeError(f"unhandled Node {y}")
 
@@ -928,9 +930,9 @@ def mean(self, axis=None, keepdim=False):
     out = self.sum(axis=axis, keepdim=keepdim)
     return out.div(prod([si for si, so in zip(self.shape, self.sum(axis=axis, keepdim=True).shape) if si != so]))
   def var(self, axis=None, keepdim=False, correction=1):
-    assert all_int(self.shape), "does not support symbolic shape"
-    square_sum = ((self - self.mean(axis=axis, keepdim=True)).square()).sum(axis=axis, keepdim=keepdim)
-    return square_sum.div(max(0, prod(self.shape)/prod(square_sum.shape)-correction))
+    squares = (self - self.mean(axis=axis, keepdim=True)).square()
+    n = prod([si for si, so in zip(self.shape, squares.sum(axis=axis, keepdim=True).shape) if si != so])
+    return squares.sum(axis=axis, keepdim=keepdim).div(max(0, n-correction))
   def std(self, axis=None, keepdim=False, correction=1): return self.var(axis, keepdim, correction).sqrt()
 
   def _softmax(self, axis):