diff --git a/src/core/lombok/core/AST.java b/src/core/lombok/core/AST.java
index 7e71b248..8ea554a1 100644
--- a/src/core/lombok/core/AST.java
+++ b/src/core/lombok/core/AST.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public abstract class AST<A extends AST<A, L, N>, L extends LombokNode<A, L, N>,
 		this.imports = Collections.unmodifiableCollection(new ArrayList<String>(imports));
 	}
 	
-	protected void setChanged() {
+	public void setChanged() {
 		this.changed = true;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleVal.java b/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleVal.java
index f806ae6c..7161a7c3 100644
--- a/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleVal.java
+++ b/src/core/lombok/javac/handlers/HandleVal.java
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ public class HandleVal extends JavacASTAdapter {
 						// TODO: Fix enhanced for loops - then uncomment a bunch of lines in test/transform/resource/*/ValInFor.java
 					}
 					replacement = JavacResolution.typeToJCTree(type, localNode.getTreeMaker(), localNode.getAst());
-					if (replacement != null) local.vartype = replacement;
+					if (replacement != null) {
+						local.vartype = replacement;
+						localNode.getAst().setChanged();
+					}
 					else local.vartype = oldVarType;
 				} catch (JavacResolution.TypeNotConvertibleException e) {
 					localNode.addError("Cannot use 'val' here because initializer expression does not have a representable type: " + e.getMessage());