diff --git a/src/services/formatting/formatting.ts b/src/services/formatting/formatting.ts
index 3808cb789404b..6eaa7f5dcafaa 100644
--- a/src/services/formatting/formatting.ts
+++ b/src/services/formatting/formatting.ts
@@ -709,7 +709,20 @@ namespace ts.formatting {
                     return inheritedIndentation;
                 }
 
-                const effectiveParentStartLine = child.kind === SyntaxKind.Decorator ? childStartLine : undecoratedParentStartLine;
+                let effectiveParentStartLine = child.kind === SyntaxKind.Decorator ? childStartLine : undecoratedParentStartLine;
+
+                // variable declarations with multiline initializers
+                if (node.kind === SyntaxKind.VariableDeclaration) {
+                    const variableDeclaration = node as VariableDeclaration;
+                    if (variableDeclaration.initializer === child) {
+                        if (variableDeclaration.name.kind & (SyntaxKind.ObjectBindingPattern | SyntaxKind.ArrayBindingPattern)) {
+                            const pos = sourceFile.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(variableDeclaration.name.pos);
+                            const end = sourceFile.getLineAndCharacterOfPosition(variableDeclaration.name.end);
+                            effectiveParentStartLine += end.line - pos.line;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 const childIndentation = computeIndentation(child, childStartLine, childIndentationAmount, node, parentDynamicIndentation, effectiveParentStartLine);
 
                 processNode(child, childContextNode, childStartLine, undecoratedChildStartLine, childIndentation.indentation, childIndentation.delta);
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingInDestructuring5.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingInDestructuring5.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4d5579bbbf231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingInDestructuring5.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts'/>
+
+/////*1*/const { 
+/////*2*/    a,
+/////*3*/    b,
+/////*4*/} = parseInt(
+/////*5*/    '12'
+/////*6*/);
+
+format.document();
+
+goTo.marker("1");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("const {");
+goTo.marker("2");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("    a,");
+goTo.marker("3");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("    b,");
+goTo.marker("4");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("} = parseInt(");
+goTo.marker("5");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("    '12'");
+goTo.marker("6");
+verify.currentLineContentIs(");");
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingInDestructuring6.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingInDestructuring6.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0619cdc4fb0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/formattingInDestructuring6.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts'/>
+
+/////*1*/const [
+/////*2*/    a,
+/////*3*/    b,
+/////*4*/] = [
+/////*5*/    1, 2
+/////*6*/];
+
+format.document();
+
+goTo.marker("1");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("const [");
+goTo.marker("2");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("    a,");
+goTo.marker("3");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("    b,");
+goTo.marker("4");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("] = [");
+goTo.marker("5");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("    1, 2");
+goTo.marker("6");
+verify.currentLineContentIs("];");