diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.java
index 55fe455bdfa..e6dea079b6a 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.java
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast.*;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast.Class;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast.Enum;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast.Modifier;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.visitors.ElementVisitor;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.visitors.ExpressionVisitor;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.visitors.StatementVisitor;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.visitors.TypeVisitor;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -65,14 +67,17 @@ public class Converter {
   }
 
   private static Field fieldToField(PsiField field) {
+    HashSet<String> modifiers = getModifiersSet(field.getModifierList());
     if (field instanceof PsiEnumConstant) // TODO: remove instanceof
       return new EnumConstant(
         new IdentifierImpl(field.getName()), // TODO
+        modifiers,
         typeToType(field.getType()),
         elementToElement(((PsiEnumConstant) field).getArgumentList())
       );
     return new Field(
       new IdentifierImpl(field.getName()), // TODO
+      modifiers,
       typeToType(field.getType()),
       expressionToExpression(field.getInitializer()) // TODO: add modifiers
     );
@@ -253,4 +258,12 @@ public class Converter {
       return Identifier.EMPTY_IDENTIFIER;
     return new IdentifierImpl(identifier.getText());
   }
+
+  public static HashSet<String> getModifiersSet(PsiModifierList modifierList) {
+    HashSet<String> modifiersSet = new HashSet<String>();
+    if (modifierList != null) {
+      if (modifierList.hasModifierProperty("final")) modifiersSet.add(Modifier.FINAL);
+    }
+    return modifiersSet;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/EnumConstant.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/EnumConstant.java
index 59dea9f914e..489bfc390cf 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/EnumConstant.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/EnumConstant.java
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ package org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast;
 
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
 /**
  * @author ignatov
  */
 public class EnumConstant extends Field {
-  public EnumConstant(Identifier identifier, Type type, Element params) {
-    super(identifier, type, params);
+  public EnumConstant(Identifier identifier, HashSet<String> modifiers, Type type, Element params) {
+    super(identifier, modifiers, type, params);
   }
 
   @NotNull
diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/Field.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/Field.java
index c15a01e4cee..dca82068988 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/Field.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/Field.java
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@ package org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast;
 
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
 /**
  * @author ignatov
  */
 public class Field extends Node {
   final Identifier myIdentifier;
+  private HashSet<String> myModifiers;
   private final Type myType;
   final Element myInitializer;
 
-  public Field(Identifier identifier, Type type, Element initializer) {
+  public Field(Identifier identifier, HashSet<String> modifiers, Type type, Element initializer) {
     myIdentifier = identifier;
+    myModifiers = modifiers;
     myType = type;
     myInitializer = initializer;
   }
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ public class Field extends Node {
   @NotNull
   @Override
   public String toKotlin() {
-    String modifier = "var" + SPACE;
+    String modifier = (myModifiers.contains(Modifier.FINAL) ? "val" : "var") + SPACE;
 
     if (myInitializer.toKotlin().isEmpty()) // TODO: remove
       return modifier + myIdentifier.toKotlin() + SPACE + COLON + SPACE + myType.toKotlin();
diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ElementVisitor.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ElementVisitor.java
index 2f42cbb278f..5b8f4588caa 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ElementVisitor.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ElementVisitor.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.Converter;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast.*;
-import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast.Modifier;
 
 import java.util.HashSet;
 
@@ -25,18 +24,10 @@ public class ElementVisitor extends JavaElementVisitor implements Visitor {
   @Override
   public void visitLocalVariable(PsiLocalVariable variable) {
     super.visitLocalVariable(variable);
-    final PsiModifierList modifierList = variable.getModifierList();
-
-    HashSet<String> modifiersSet = new HashSet<String>();
-
-    if (modifierList != null) {
-      if (modifierList.hasModifierProperty("final"))
-        modifiersSet.add(Modifier.FINAL);
-    }
 
     myResult = new LocalVariable(
       new IdentifierImpl(variable.getName()), // TODO
-      modifiersSet,
+      getModifiersSet(variable.getModifierList()),
       typeToType(variable.getType()),
       expressionToExpression(variable.getInitializer())
     );
diff --git a/test/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/FieldTest.java b/test/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/FieldTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fb7fc3952a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/FieldTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.JetTestCaseBase;
+
+/**
+ * @author ignatov
+ */
+public class FieldTest extends JetTestCaseBase {
+  public void testVarWithoutInit() throws Exception {
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+      methodToSingleLineKotlin("Foo f;"),
+      "var f : Foo?"
+    );
+  }
+
+  public void testVarWithInit() throws Exception {
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+      methodToSingleLineKotlin("Foo f = new Foo(1, 2);"),
+      "var f : Foo? = Foo(1, 2)"
+    );
+  }
+
+  public void testValWithInit() throws Exception {
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+      methodToSingleLineKotlin("final Foo f = new Foo(1, 2);"),
+      "val f : Foo? = Foo(1, 2)"
+    );
+  }
+}