diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index de07b62ac56..5a2561e81ed 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -29265,6 +29265,13 @@ namespace ts {
                     case SyntaxKind.BindingElement:
                     case SyntaxKind.FunctionDeclaration:
                     case SyntaxKind.ImportSpecifier: // https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/7591
+                    case SyntaxKind.Identifier: // https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/36098
+                    // Identifiers are used as declarations of assignment declarations whose parents may be
+                    // SyntaxKind.CallExpression - `Object.defineProperty(thing, "aField", {value: 42});`
+                    // SyntaxKind.ElementAccessExpression - `thing["aField"] = 42;` or `thing["aField"];` (with a doc comment on it)
+                    // or SyntaxKind.PropertyAccessExpression - `thing.aField = 42;`
+                    // all of which are pretty much always values, or at least imply a value meaning.
+                    // It may be apprpriate to treat these as aliases in the future.
                         return DeclarationSpaces.ExportValue;
                     default:
                         return Debug.failBadSyntaxKind(d);
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.symbols b/tests/baselines/reference/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.symbols
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eca7cdf3f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.symbols
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+=== tests/cases/compiler/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js ===
+export {}; // mark as module
+/** @enum {number} */
+const ChangeDetectionStrategy = {
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : Symbol(ChangeDetectionStrategy, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 2, 5), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 5, 2), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 6, 67), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 22), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 70) ... and 1 more)
+
+  OnPush: 0,
+>OnPush : Symbol(OnPush, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 2, 33))
+
+  Default: 1,
+>Default : Symbol(Default, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 3, 12))
+
+};
+ChangeDetectionStrategy[ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush] = 'OnPush';
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : Symbol(ChangeDetectionStrategy, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 2, 5), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 5, 2), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 6, 67), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 22), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 70) ... and 1 more)
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush : Symbol(OnPush, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 2, 33))
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : Symbol(ChangeDetectionStrategy, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 2, 5), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 5, 2), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 6, 67), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 22), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 70) ... and 1 more)
+>OnPush : Symbol(OnPush, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 2, 33))
+
+ChangeDetectionStrategy[ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default] = 'Default';
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : Symbol(ChangeDetectionStrategy, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 2, 5), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 5, 2), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 6, 67), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 22), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 70) ... and 1 more)
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default : Symbol(Default, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 3, 12))
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : Symbol(ChangeDetectionStrategy, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 2, 5), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 5, 2), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 6, 67), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 22), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 70) ... and 1 more)
+>Default : Symbol(Default, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 3, 12))
+
+Object.defineProperty(ChangeDetectionStrategy, "aField", {value: 42});
+>Object.defineProperty : Symbol(ObjectConstructor.defineProperty, Decl(lib.es5.d.ts, --, --))
+>Object : Symbol(Object, Decl(lib.es5.d.ts, --, --), Decl(lib.es5.d.ts, --, --))
+>defineProperty : Symbol(ObjectConstructor.defineProperty, Decl(lib.es5.d.ts, --, --))
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : Symbol(ChangeDetectionStrategy, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 2, 5), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 5, 2), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 6, 67), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 22), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 70) ... and 1 more)
+>"aField" : Symbol(ChangeDetectionStrategy.aField, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 7, 69))
+>value : Symbol(value, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 58))
+
+/** @type {number} */
+ChangeDetectionStrategy["bField"];
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : Symbol(ChangeDetectionStrategy, Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 2, 5), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 5, 2), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 6, 67), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 22), Decl(jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js, 8, 70) ... and 1 more)
+
+
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.types b/tests/baselines/reference/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.types
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3165a75f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.types
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+=== tests/cases/compiler/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js ===
+export {}; // mark as module
+/** @enum {number} */
+const ChangeDetectionStrategy = {
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : { OnPush: number; Default: number; }
+>{  OnPush: 0,  Default: 1,} : { OnPush: number; Default: number; }
+
+  OnPush: 0,
+>OnPush : number
+>0 : 0
+
+  Default: 1,
+>Default : number
+>1 : 1
+
+};
+ChangeDetectionStrategy[ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush] = 'OnPush';
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy[ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush] = 'OnPush' : "OnPush"
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy[ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush] : error
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : { OnPush: number; Default: number; }
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush : number
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : { OnPush: number; Default: number; }
+>OnPush : number
+>'OnPush' : "OnPush"
+
+ChangeDetectionStrategy[ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default] = 'Default';
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy[ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default] = 'Default' : "Default"
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy[ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default] : error
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : { OnPush: number; Default: number; }
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default : number
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : { OnPush: number; Default: number; }
+>Default : number
+>'Default' : "Default"
+
+Object.defineProperty(ChangeDetectionStrategy, "aField", {value: 42});
+>Object.defineProperty(ChangeDetectionStrategy, "aField", {value: 42}) : any
+>Object.defineProperty : (o: any, p: string | number | symbol, attributes: PropertyDescriptor & ThisType<any>) => any
+>Object : ObjectConstructor
+>defineProperty : (o: any, p: string | number | symbol, attributes: PropertyDescriptor & ThisType<any>) => any
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : { OnPush: number; Default: number; }
+>"aField" : "aField"
+>{value: 42} : { value: number; }
+>value : number
+>42 : 42
+
+/** @type {number} */
+ChangeDetectionStrategy["bField"];
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy["bField"] : error
+>ChangeDetectionStrategy : { OnPush: number; Default: number; }
+>"bField" : "bField"
+
+
diff --git a/tests/cases/compiler/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.ts b/tests/cases/compiler/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd6d0b90d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/compiler/jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// @allowJs: true
+// @checkJs: true
+// @noEmit: true
+// @filename: jsFileESModuleWithEnumTag.js
+export {}; // mark as module
+/** @enum {number} */
+const ChangeDetectionStrategy = {
+  OnPush: 0,
+  Default: 1,
+};
+ChangeDetectionStrategy[ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush] = 'OnPush';
+ChangeDetectionStrategy[ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default] = 'Default';
+Object.defineProperty(ChangeDetectionStrategy, "aField", {value: 42});
+/** @type {number} */
+ChangeDetectionStrategy["bField"];
+