diff --git a/lib/melon/compiler.rb b/lib/melon/compiler.rb
index 99e996d0..cbccbc40 100644
--- a/lib/melon/compiler.rb
+++ b/lib/melon/compiler.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require_relative "type_collector"
 
 
 module Melon
@@ -15,8 +16,9 @@ module Melon
     end
 
     def on_class statement
-      name , sup , _ = *statement
-      Parfait::Space.object_space.create_class(get_name(name) , get_name(sup) )
+      name , sup , body = *statement
+      clazz = Parfait::Space.object_space.create_class(get_name(name) , get_name(sup) )
+      clazz.set_instance_names( TypeCollector.new.collect(body) )
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/melon/type_collector.rb b/lib/melon/type_collector.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e5991eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/melon/type_collector.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module Melon
+
+  class TypeCollector < AST::Processor
+
+    def initialize
+      @ivar_names = []
+    end
+
+    def collect(statement)
+      process statement
+      @ivar_names
+    end
+
+    def on_ivar(statement)
+      @ivar_names.push statement.children[0].to_s[1..-1].to_sym
+    end
+
+    def handler_missing(node)
+      node.children.each do |kid |
+        process(kid) if kid.is_a?(AST::Node)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/melon/compiler/test_class.rb b/test/melon/compiler/test_class.rb
index 092c8bb1..14e67f93 100644
--- a/test/melon/compiler/test_class.rb
+++ b/test/melon/compiler/test_class.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module Melon
     def setup
       Register.machine.boot unless Register.machine.booted
     end
+
     def test_creates_class_without_deriviation
       Compiler.compile "class Testing ; end"
       assert t = Parfait::Space.object_space.get_class_by_name(:Testing) , "No classes created"
@@ -18,5 +19,11 @@ module Melon
       assert_equal :List , t.super_class_name
     end
 
+    def test_picks_up_an_ivar_name
+      Compiler.compile  "class TestIvar < Object ; def meth; return @ivar;end; end"
+      itest = Parfait::Space.object_space.get_class_by_name(:TestIvar)
+      assert itest.instance_names.include?(:ivar) , itest.instance_names.inspect
+    end
+
   end
 end