diff --git a/misc/cgo/test/issue13930.go b/misc/cgo/test/issue13930.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a22459e689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/cgo/test/issue13930.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Issue 13930.  Test that cgo's multiple-value special form for
+// C function calls works in variable declaration statements.
+
+package cgotest
+
+// #include <stdlib.h>
+import "C"
+
+var _, _ = C.abs(0)
diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/ast.go b/src/cmd/cgo/ast.go
index c3a24c2b763..4c5dc9a23d3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cgo/ast.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cgo/ast.go
@@ -447,7 +447,11 @@ func (f *File) walk(x interface{}, context string, visit func(*File, interface{}
 	case *ast.ImportSpec:
 	case *ast.ValueSpec:
 		f.walk(&n.Type, "type", visit)
-		f.walk(n.Values, "expr", visit)
+		if len(n.Names) == 2 && len(n.Values) == 1 {
+			f.walk(&n.Values[0], "as2", visit)
+		} else {
+			f.walk(n.Values, "expr", visit)
+		}
 	case *ast.TypeSpec:
 		f.walk(&n.Type, "type", visit)
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/doc.go b/src/cmd/cgo/doc.go
index bd38a5c153b..8b4e2bfd58e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cgo/doc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cgo/doc.go
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ assignment context to retrieve both the return value (if any) and the
 C errno variable as an error (use _ to skip the result value if the
 function returns void).  For example:
 
-	n, err := C.sqrt(-1)
+	n, err = C.sqrt(-1)
 	_, err := C.voidFunc()
+	var n, err = C.sqrt(1)
 
 Calling C function pointers is currently not supported, however you can
 declare Go variables which hold C function pointers and pass them