diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 35f9a913..0c8ff44a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 * Toon Baeyens <toon.baeyens@gmail.com>
 * Luis Mendes <luis.p.mendes@gmail.com>
 * Saurabh Rawat <saurabh.rawat90@gmail.com>
+* jynbil1 - https://github.com/jynbil1
 
 # Details
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/aparapi/internal/model/MethodModel.java b/src/main/java/com/aparapi/internal/model/MethodModel.java
index d8ec20c7..a12b415a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/aparapi/internal/model/MethodModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/aparapi/internal/model/MethodModel.java
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ class Var implements LocalVariableInfo{
                descriptor = "/* arg */";
             } else {
                name = _storeSpec.toString().toLowerCase() + "_" + _slotIndex;
-               descriptor = _storeSpec.toString();
+               descriptor = getTypeDescriptor(_storeSpec);
             }
          }
 
@@ -1531,6 +1531,10 @@ public String toString() {
 
       List<LocalVariableInfo> list = new ArrayList<LocalVariableInfo>();
 
+      private String getTypeDescriptor(StoreSpec _storeSpec) {
+         return _storeSpec == StoreSpec.L ? "J" : _storeSpec.toString();
+      }
+
       public FakeLocalVariableTableEntry(Map<Integer, Instruction> _pcMap, ClassModelMethod _method) {
          int numberOfSlots = _method.getCodeEntry().getMaxLocals();
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/Issue10NoDebugMonteCarloTest.java b/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/Issue10NoDebugMonteCarloTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..116ff8ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/Issue10NoDebugMonteCarloTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 - 2018 Syncleus, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.aparapi.codegen.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import com.aparapi.Kernel;
+import com.aparapi.internal.model.CacheEnabler;
+import com.aparapi.internal.model.ClassModel;
+import com.aparapi.internal.model.Entrypoint;
+import com.aparapi.internal.writer.KernelWriter;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import javax.tools.JavaCompiler;
+import javax.tools.ToolProvider;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class Issue10NoDebugMonteCarloTest {
+
+   @Test
+   public void noDebugMonteCarloLongLocalIsDeclared() throws Exception {
+      Path root = Files.createTempDirectory("aparapi-issue10-");
+      Path sourceRoot = root.resolve("src");
+      Path classesRoot = root.resolve("classes");
+      Path source = sourceRoot.resolve("issue10").resolve("MonteCarloNoDebug.java");
+      Files.createDirectories(source.getParent());
+      Files.createDirectories(classesRoot);
+      Files.write(source, sourceText().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+
+      JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
+      assertTrue("JDK compiler is required for this regression test", compiler != null);
+      int exit = compiler.run(null, null, null,
+            "-g:none",
+            "-classpath", System.getProperty("java.class.path"),
+            "-d", classesRoot.toString(),
+            source.toString());
+      assertTrue("dynamic javac failed: " + exit, exit == 0);
+
+      try (URLClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader(new URL[] { classesRoot.toUri().toURL() },
+            Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader())) {
+         Class<?> kernelClass = Class.forName("issue10.MonteCarloNoDebug", true, loader);
+         CacheEnabler.setCachesEnabled(false);
+         ClassModel classModel = ClassModel.createClassModel(kernelClass);
+         Object kernelInstance = kernelClass.getConstructor().newInstance();
+         Entrypoint entrypoint = classModel.getEntrypoint("run", kernelInstance instanceof Kernel ? (Kernel) kernelInstance : null);
+         String opencl = KernelWriter.writeToString(entrypoint);
+
+         assertTrue(opencl, opencl.contains("long l_3 = (long)i_1;"));
+         assertFalse(opencl, opencl.contains("\n       l_3 = (long)i_1;"));
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static String sourceText() {
+      return "package issue10;\n"
+            + "import com.aparapi.Kernel;\n"
+            + "public class MonteCarloNoDebug extends Kernel {\n"
+            + "  private int size;\n"
+            + "  private float[] result;\n"
+            + "  public MonteCarloNoDebug() { this.size = 4; this.result = new float[size]; }\n"
+            + "  @Override public void run() {\n"
+            + "    int idx = getGlobalId();\n"
+            + "    int iter = 25000;\n"
+            + "    long seed = idx;\n"
+            + "    float sum = 0.0f;\n"
+            + "    for (int j = 0; j < iter; ++j) {\n"
+            + "      seed = (seed * 0x5DEECE66DL + 0xBL) & ((1L << 48) - 1);\n"
+            + "      seed = (seed * 0x5DEECE66DL + 0xBL) & ((1L << 48) - 1);\n"
+            + "      float x = ((float)(seed & 0x0FFFFFFF)) / 268435455f;\n"
+            + "      seed = (seed * 0x5DEECE66DL + 0xBL) & ((1L << 48) - 1);\n"
+            + "      seed = (seed * 0x5DEECE66DL + 0xBL) & ((1L << 48) - 1);\n"
+            + "      float y = ((float)(seed & 0x0FFFFFFF)) / 268435455f;\n"
+            + "      float dist = (float)Math.sqrt(x * x + y * y);\n"
+            + "      if (dist <= 1.0f) sum += 1.0f;\n"
+            + "    }\n"
+            + "    sum *= 4;\n"
+            + "    result[idx] = sum / (float)iter;\n"
+            + "  }\n"
+            + "}\n";
+   }
+}