diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 9226be3..19fb46a 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ static Node *declaration(Token **rest, Token *tok, Type *basety);
 static void initializer2(Token **rest, Token *tok, Initializer *init);
 static Initializer *initializer(Token **rest, Token *tok, Type *ty, Type **new_ty);
 static Node *lvar_initializer(Token **rest, Token *tok, Obj *var);
+static void gvar_initializer(Token **rest, Token *tok, Obj *var);
 static Node *compound_stmt(Token **rest, Token *tok);
 static Node *stmt(Token **rest, Token *tok);
 static Node *expr_stmt(Token **rest, Token *tok);
 static Node *expr(Token **rest, Token *tok);
+static int64_t eval(Node *node);
 static Node *assign(Token **rest, Token *tok);
 static Node *logor(Token **rest, Token *tok);
 static int64_t const_expr(Token **rest, Token *tok);
@@ -829,6 +831,43 @@ static Node *lvar_initializer(Token **rest, Token *tok, Obj *var) {
   return new_binary(ND_COMMA, lhs, rhs, tok);
 }
 
+static void write_buf(char *buf, uint64_t val, int sz) {
+  if (sz == 1)
+    *buf = val;
+  else if (sz == 2)
+    *(uint16_t *)buf = val;
+  else if (sz == 4)
+    *(uint32_t *)buf = val;
+  else if (sz == 8)
+    *(uint64_t *)buf = val;
+  else
+    unreachable();
+}
+
+static void write_gvar_data(Initializer *init, Type *ty, char *buf, int offset) {
+  if (ty->kind == TY_ARRAY) {
+    int sz = ty->base->size;
+    for (int i = 0; i < ty->array_len; i++)
+      write_gvar_data(init->children[i], ty->base, buf, offset + sz * i);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (init->expr)
+    write_buf(buf + offset, eval(init->expr), ty->size);
+}
+
+// Initializers for global variables are evaluated at compile-time and
+// embedded to .data section. This function serializes Initializer
+// objects to a flat byte array. It is a compile error if an
+// initializer list contains a non-constant expression.
+static void gvar_initializer(Token **rest, Token *tok, Obj *var) {
+  Initializer *init = initializer(rest, tok, var->ty, &var->ty);
+
+  char *buf = calloc(1, var->ty->size);
+  write_gvar_data(init, var->ty, buf, 0);
+  var->init_data = buf;
+}
+
 // Returns true if a given token represents a type.
 static bool is_typename(Token *tok) {
   static char *kw[] = {
@@ -1886,7 +1925,9 @@ static Token *global_variable(Token *tok, Type *basety) {
     first = false;
 
     Type *ty = declarator(&tok, tok, basety);
-    new_gvar(get_ident(ty->name), ty);
+    Obj *var = new_gvar(get_ident(ty->name), ty);
+    if (equal(tok, "="))
+      gvar_initializer(&tok, tok->next, var);
   }
   return tok;
 }
diff --git a/test/initializer.c b/test/initializer.c
index 10e9cd1..6b2bb5c 100644
--- a/test/initializer.c
+++ b/test/initializer.c
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #include "test.h"
 
+char g3 = 3;
+short g4 = 4;
+int g5 = 5;
+long g6 = 6;
+
 int main() {
   ASSERT(1, ({ int x[3]={1,2,3}; x[0]; }));
   ASSERT(2, ({ int x[3]={1,2,3}; x[1]; }));
@@ -62,6 +67,11 @@ int main() {
 
   ASSERT(0x01020304, ({ union { struct { char a,b,c,d; } e; int f; } x={{4,3,2,1}}; x.f; }));
 
+  ASSERT(3, g3);
+  ASSERT(4, g4);
+  ASSERT(5, g5);
+  ASSERT(6, g6);
+
   printf("OK\n");
   return 0;
 }