diff --git a/src/compiler/emitter.ts b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 502329bbd84..d458e7e5ef5
--- a/src/compiler/emitter.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/emitter.ts
@@ -1863,7 +1863,9 @@ namespace ts {
 
         function emitModuleDeclaration(node: ModuleDeclaration) {
             emitModifiers(node, node.modifiers);
-            write(node.flags & NodeFlags.Namespace ? "namespace " : "module ");
+            if (~node.flags & NodeFlags.GlobalAugmentation) {
+                write(node.flags & NodeFlags.Namespace ? "namespace " : "module ");
+            }
             emit(node.name);
 
             let body = node.body;
diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/printer.ts b/src/harness/unittests/printer.ts
index 825bfddbb4a..2bbc19881a3 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/printer.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/printer.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,29 @@ namespace ts {
                 createSourceFile("source.ts", "", ScriptTarget.ES2015)
             ));
 
+
+            printsCorrectly("emptyGlobalAugmentation", {}, printer => printer.printNode(
+                EmitHint.Unspecified,
+                createModuleDeclaration(
+                    /*decorators*/ undefined,
+                    /*modifiers*/ [createToken(SyntaxKind.DeclareKeyword)],
+                    createIdentifier("global"),
+                    createModuleBlock(emptyArray),
+                    NodeFlags.GlobalAugmentation),
+                createSourceFile("source.ts", "", ScriptTarget.ES2015)
+            ));
+
+            printsCorrectly("emptyGlobalAugmentationWithNoDeclareKeyword", {}, printer => printer.printNode(
+                EmitHint.Unspecified,
+                createModuleDeclaration(
+                    /*decorators*/ undefined,
+                    /*modifiers*/ undefined,
+                    createIdentifier("global"),
+                    createModuleBlock(emptyArray),
+                    NodeFlags.GlobalAugmentation),
+                createSourceFile("source.ts", "", ScriptTarget.ES2015)
+            ));
+
             // https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/15971
             printsCorrectly("classWithOptionalMethodAndProperty", {}, printer => printer.printNode(
                 EmitHint.Unspecified,
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/printerApi/printsNodeCorrectly.emptyGlobalAugmentation.js b/tests/baselines/reference/printerApi/printsNodeCorrectly.emptyGlobalAugmentation.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cdbc9e5766e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/printerApi/printsNodeCorrectly.emptyGlobalAugmentation.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+declare global { }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/printerApi/printsNodeCorrectly.emptyGlobalAugmentationWithNoDeclareKeyword.js b/tests/baselines/reference/printerApi/printsNodeCorrectly.emptyGlobalAugmentationWithNoDeclareKeyword.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5315a0c0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/printerApi/printsNodeCorrectly.emptyGlobalAugmentationWithNoDeclareKeyword.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+global { }
\ No newline at end of file