diff --git a/src/main/clojure/cljs/externs.clj b/src/main/clojure/cljs/externs.clj
index d86aa91ef..910643b49 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/cljs/externs.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/cljs/externs.clj
@@ -38,13 +38,43 @@
       (into [] (butlast props))
       (with-meta (last props) ty))))
 
+(def token->kw
+  {Token/BANG      :bang
+   Token/BLOCK     :block
+   Token/PIPE      :pipe
+   Token/STRINGLIT :string-lit
+   Token/QMARK     :qmark
+   Token/STAR      :star})
+
+(defn parse-texpr [^Node root]
+  (when-let [token (get token->kw (.getToken root))]
+    (let [children (.children root)]
+      (merge
+        {:type token}
+        (when-not (empty? children)
+          {:children (vec (map parse-texpr (.children root)))})
+        (when (= :string-lit token)
+          {:value (.getString root)})))))
+
+(defn undefined?
+  [{:keys [type value] :as texpr}]
+  (and (= type :string-lit)
+       (= "undefined" value)))
+
+(defn simplify-texpr
+  [texpr]
+  (case (:type texpr)
+    :string-lit    (some-> (:value texpr) symbol)
+    (:star :qmark) 'any
+    :bang          (simplify-texpr (-> texpr :children first))
+    :pipe          (let [[x y] (:children texpr)]
+                     (if (undefined? y)
+                       (simplify-texpr x)
+                       'any))
+    'any))
+
 (defn get-tag [^JSTypeExpression texpr]
-  (when-let [root (.getRoot texpr)]
-    (if (.isString root)
-      (symbol (.getString root))
-      (if-let [child (.. root getFirstChild)]
-        (if (.isString child)
-          (symbol (.. child getString)))))))
+  (some-> (.getRoot texpr) parse-texpr simplify-texpr))
 
 (defn params->method-params [xs]
   (letfn [(not-opt? [x]
@@ -156,7 +186,7 @@
           [lhs])
         []))))
 
-(defmethod parse-extern-node Token/GETPROP [node]
+(defmethod parse-extern-node Token/GETPROP [^Node node]
   (when-not *ignore-var*
     (let [props (map symbol (string/split (.getQualifiedName node) #"\."))]
       [(if-let [ty (get-var-info node)]
@@ -165,7 +195,7 @@
 
 ;; JavaScript Object literal
 ;; { ... }
-(defmethod parse-extern-node Token/OBJECTLIT [node]
+(defmethod parse-extern-node Token/OBJECTLIT [^Node node]
   (when (> (.getChildCount node) 0)
     (loop [nodes (.children node)
            externs []]
@@ -215,8 +245,8 @@
       (loop [nodes (cond-> nodes
                      ;; handle goog.modules which won't have top-levels
                      ;; need to look at internal children
-                     (= Token/MODULE_BODY (some-> nodes first .getToken))
-                     (-> first .children))
+                     (= Token/MODULE_BODY (some-> nodes ^Node (first) .getToken))
+                     (-> ^Node (first) .children))
              externs []]
         (if (empty? nodes)
           externs
@@ -313,6 +343,24 @@
                 (parse-externs (resource->source-file rsrc))
                 (:module desc))}))))
 
+(defn info
+  "Helper for grabbing var info from an externs map.
+  Example:
+    (info externs '[Number isNaN])
+  See `externs-map`"
+  [externs props]
+  (-> externs
+    (get-in (butlast props))
+    (find (last props))
+    first meta))
+
+(defn filtered-externs [f]
+  (->>
+    (filter
+      #(= f (.getName %))
+      (default-externs))
+    first parse-externs index-externs))
+
 (comment
   (require '[clojure.java.io :as io]
            '[cljs.closure :as closure]
diff --git a/src/test/clojure/cljs/externs_parsing_tests.clj b/src/test/clojure/cljs/externs_parsing_tests.clj
index effad773d..ed0cfdb70 100644
--- a/src/test/clojure/cljs/externs_parsing_tests.clj
+++ b/src/test/clojure/cljs/externs_parsing_tests.clj
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 
 (ns cljs.externs-parsing-tests
   (:require [cljs.closure :as closure]
+            [cljs.analyzer :as ana]
+            [cljs.env :as env]
             [cljs.externs :as externs]
             [clojure.java.io :as io]
-            [clojure.test :as test :refer [deftest is]])
+            [clojure.test :as test :refer [deftest is testing]])
   (:import [com.google.javascript.jscomp CommandLineRunner]))
 
 (deftest cljs-3121
@@ -45,8 +47,32 @@
                (find 'HTMLDocument) first meta)]
     (is (= 'Document (:super info)))))
 
+(deftest test-parse-closure-type-annotations
+  (let [externs (::ana/externs @(env/default-compiler-env))]
+    (testing "JS global console has tag Console"
+      (let [info (externs/info externs '[console])]
+        (is (= 'Console (:tag info)))))
+    (testing "JS global crypto has tag webCrypto.Crypto from:
+    @type {!webCrypto.Crypto|undefined}"
+      (let [info (externs/info externs '[crypto])]
+        (is (= 'webCrypto.Crypto (:tag info)))))
+    (testing "Generic return type on crypto methods returns ClojureScript relevant
+    type info:"
+      (testing "@return {!Promise<!ArrayBuffer>}"
+        (let [info (externs/info externs '[webCrypto SubtleCrypto prototype encrypt])]
+          (is (= 'Promise (:ret-tag info)))))
+      (testing "@return {!Promise<!webCrypto.CryptoKey|!webCrypto.CryptoKeyPair>}"
+        (let [info (externs/info externs '[webCrypto SubtleCrypto prototype deriveKey])]
+          (is (= 'Promise (:ret-tag info)))))
+      (testing "@return {!Int8Array|!Uint8Array|!Uint8ClampedArray|!Int16Array|!Uint16Array|!Int32Array|!Uint32Array|!BigInt64Array|!BigUint64Array}"
+        (let [info (externs/info externs '[webCrypto Crypto prototype getRandomValues])]
+          (is (= 'any (:ret-tag info))))))))
+
 (comment
 
+  (let [externs (::ana/externs @(env/default-compiler-env))]
+    (externs/info externs '[webCrypto Crypto prototype getRandomValues]))
+
   (externs/parse-externs
     (externs/resource->source-file (io/resource "goog/object/object.js")))