diff --git a/src/compiler/emitter.ts b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
index db2a749c4d8..efc45273b47 100644
--- a/src/compiler/emitter.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
@@ -1434,6 +1434,7 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, Promi
                 let parent = node.parent;
                 switch (parent.kind) {
                     case SyntaxKind.ArrayLiteralExpression:
+                    case SyntaxKind.AsExpression:
                     case SyntaxKind.BinaryExpression:
                     case SyntaxKind.CallExpression:
                     case SyntaxKind.CaseClause:
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/asOperator4.js b/tests/baselines/reference/asOperator4.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..906b807fe73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/asOperator4.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//// [tests/cases/conformance/expressions/asOperator/asOperator4.ts] ////
+
+//// [foo.ts]
+
+export function foo() { }
+
+//// [bar.ts]
+import { foo } from './foo';
+
+// These should emit identically
+<any>foo;
+(foo as any);
+
+
+//// [foo.js]
+function foo() { }
+exports.foo = foo;
+//// [bar.js]
+var foo_1 = require('./foo');
+// These should emit identically
+foo_1.foo;
+foo_1.foo;
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/asOperator4.symbols b/tests/baselines/reference/asOperator4.symbols
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ee5f6fe83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/asOperator4.symbols
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+=== tests/cases/conformance/expressions/asOperator/foo.ts ===
+
+export function foo() { }
+>foo : Symbol(foo, Decl(foo.ts, 0, 0))
+
+=== tests/cases/conformance/expressions/asOperator/bar.ts ===
+import { foo } from './foo';
+>foo : Symbol(foo, Decl(bar.ts, 0, 8))
+
+// These should emit identically
+<any>foo;
+>foo : Symbol(foo, Decl(bar.ts, 0, 8))
+
+(foo as any);
+>foo : Symbol(foo, Decl(bar.ts, 0, 8))
+
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/asOperator4.types b/tests/baselines/reference/asOperator4.types
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0dc6be46a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/asOperator4.types
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+=== tests/cases/conformance/expressions/asOperator/foo.ts ===
+
+export function foo() { }
+>foo : () => void
+
+=== tests/cases/conformance/expressions/asOperator/bar.ts ===
+import { foo } from './foo';
+>foo : () => void
+
+// These should emit identically
+<any>foo;
+><any>foo : any
+>foo : () => void
+
+(foo as any);
+>(foo as any) : any
+>foo as any : any
+>foo : () => void
+
diff --git a/tests/cases/conformance/expressions/asOperator/asOperator4.ts b/tests/cases/conformance/expressions/asOperator/asOperator4.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..33fcbf920a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/conformance/expressions/asOperator/asOperator4.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//@module: commonjs
+//@filename: foo.ts
+
+export function foo() { }
+
+//@filename: bar.ts
+import { foo } from './foo';
+
+// These should emit identically
+<any>foo;
+(foo as any);