diff --git a/src/services/outliningElementsCollector.ts b/src/services/outliningElementsCollector.ts
index 5e3ab31c46a..3f4d345be8c 100644
--- a/src/services/outliningElementsCollector.ts
+++ b/src/services/outliningElementsCollector.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ namespace ts.OutliningElementsCollector {
                 addOutliningForLeadingCommentsForNode(n, sourceFile, cancellationToken, out);
             }
 
+            if (isFunctionExpressionAssignedToVariable(n)) {
+                addOutliningForLeadingCommentsForNode(n.parent.parent.parent, sourceFile, cancellationToken, out);
+            }
+
             const span = getOutliningSpanForNode(n, sourceFile);
             if (span) out.push(span);
 
@@ -54,6 +58,12 @@ namespace ts.OutliningElementsCollector {
             }
             depthRemaining++;
         }
+
+        function isFunctionExpressionAssignedToVariable(n: Node) {
+            return (isFunctionExpression(n) || isArrowFunction(n)) &&
+                n.parent && n.parent.parent && n.parent.parent.parent &&
+                isVariableStatement(n.parent.parent.parent);
+        }
     }
 
     function addRegionOutliningSpans(sourceFile: SourceFile, out: Push<OutliningSpan>): void {