diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index 47a04a16..59b343be 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -594,7 +594,8 @@
                          (instance? java.util.Iterator v)
                          java.util.Iterator
                          ;; keep commas for merge friendliness
-                         ,,,)))]
+                         ,,,)))
+        m (assoc m (list 'quote 'clojure.lang.Var) 'sci.lang.Var)]
     m))
 
 
diff --git a/test/babashka/main_test.clj b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
index 661e7db4..3973ea03 100644
--- a/test/babashka/main_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
@@ -829,6 +829,9 @@ true")))
   (testing "for all public vars, ns/symbol from ns map matches metadata"
     (is (empty? (bb nil (.getPath (io/file "test" "babashka" "scripts" "check_var_names.bb")))))))
 
+(deftest clojure-lang-var-mapping-test
+  (is (= :var (bb nil "(defprotocol Foo (foo [_])) (extend-protocol Foo clojure.lang.Var (foo [_] :var)) (foo #'inc)"))))
+
 ;;;; Scratch
 
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