diff --git a/src/front/glsl/parser/functions.rs b/src/front/glsl/parser/functions.rs
index 35ecfa4833..797e48dea5 100644
--- a/src/front/glsl/parser/functions.rs
+++ b/src/front/glsl/parser/functions.rs
@@ -42,17 +42,28 @@ impl<'source> ParsingContext<'source> {
         body: &mut Block,
         terminator: &mut Option<usize>,
     ) -> Result<Option<Span>> {
-        // TODO: This prevents snippets like the following from working
-        // ```glsl
-        // vec4(1.0);
-        // ```
-        // But this would require us to add lookahead to also support
-        // declarations and since this statement is very unlikely and most
-        // likely an error, for now we don't support it
-        if self.peek_type_name(parser) || self.peek_type_qualifier(parser) {
+        // Type qualifiers always identify a declaration statement
+        if self.peek_type_qualifier(parser) {
             return self.parse_declaration(parser, ctx, body, false);
         }
 
+        // Type names can identify either declaration statements or type constructors
+        // depending on wether the token following the type name is a `(` (LeftParen)
+        if self.peek_type_name(parser) {
+            // Start by consuming the type name so that we can peek the token after it
+            let token = self.bump(parser)?;
+            // Peek the next token and check if it's a `(` (LeftParen) if so the statement
+            // is a constructor, otherwise it's a declaration. We need to do the check
+            // beforehand and not in the if since we will backtrack before the if
+            let declaration = TokenValue::LeftParen != self.expect_peek(parser)?.value;
+
+            self.backtrack(token)?;
+
+            if declaration {
+                return self.parse_declaration(parser, ctx, body, false);
+            }
+        }
+
         let new_break = || {
             let mut block = Block::new();
             block.push(Statement::Break, crate::Span::default());
diff --git a/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag b/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag
index 1448d54d80..66a5c0f252 100644
--- a/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag
+++ b/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ void testArrayConstructor() {
     float tree[1] = float[1](0.0);
 }
 
+void testFreestandingConstructor() {
+    vec4(1.0);
+}
+
 float global;
 void privatePointer(inout float a) {}
 
diff --git a/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl b/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl
index 6ed532f023..434d24b6a1 100644
--- a/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl
+++ b/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ fn testArrayConstructor() {
 
 }
 
+fn testFreestandingConstructor() {
+    return;
+}
+
 fn privatePointer(a_18: ptr<function, f32>) {
     return;
 }