diff --git a/src/transpiling/mod.rs b/src/transpiling/mod.rs
index 24f0529..e899e0c 100644
--- a/src/transpiling/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transpiling/mod.rs
@@ -285,10 +285,6 @@ pub fn fold_program(
 
   let unresolved_mark = Mark::new();
   let mut passes = chain!(
-    Optional::new(
-      transforms::ImportDeclsToVarDeclsFolder,
-      options.var_decl_imports
-    ),
     Optional::new(transforms::StripExportsFolder, options.var_decl_imports),
     resolver(unresolved_mark, top_level_mark, true),
     proposal::decorators::decorators(proposal::decorators::Config {
@@ -344,6 +340,10 @@ pub fn fold_program(
       ),
       options.transform_jsx
     ),
+    Optional::new(
+      transforms::ImportDeclsToVarDeclsFolder,
+      options.var_decl_imports
+    ),
     fixer(Some(comments)),
     hygiene(),
   );
@@ -818,6 +818,41 @@ function App() {
     assert_eq!(&code[..expected.len()], expected);
   }
 
+  #[test]
+  fn test_transpile_jsx_import_source_pragma_var_decl_imports() {
+    let specifier =
+      ModuleSpecifier::parse("https://deno.land/x/mod.tsx").unwrap();
+    let source = r#"
+/** @jsxImportSource jsx_lib */
+
+function App() {
+  return (
+    <div><></></div>
+  );
+}"#;
+    let module = parse_module(ParseParams {
+      specifier: specifier.as_str().to_string(),
+      text_info: SourceTextInfo::from_string(source.to_string()),
+      media_type: MediaType::Jsx,
+      capture_tokens: false,
+      maybe_syntax: None,
+      scope_analysis: true,
+    })
+    .unwrap();
+    let emit_options = EmitOptions {
+      var_decl_imports: true,
+      ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let code = module.transpile(&emit_options).unwrap().text;
+    let expected = r#"/** @jsxImportSource jsx_lib */ const { "jsx": _jsx1, "Fragment": _Fragment1 } = await import("jsx_lib/jsx-runtime");
+function App() {
+  return /*#__PURE__*/ _jsx("div", {
+    children: /*#__PURE__*/ _jsx(_Fragment, {})
+  });
+"#;
+    assert_eq!(&code[..expected.len()], expected);
+  }
+
   #[test]
   fn test_transpile_decorators() {
     let specifier =
diff --git a/src/transpiling/transforms.rs b/src/transpiling/transforms.rs
index 5958fba..b690aea 100644
--- a/src/transpiling/transforms.rs
+++ b/src/transpiling/transforms.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2023 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
+use swc_ast::Ident;
+
 use crate::swc::ast as swc_ast;
 use crate::swc::common::DUMMY_SP;
 use crate::swc::visit::noop_fold_type;
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ impl Fold for ImportDeclsToVarDeclsFolder {
                   },
                   specifier.local.sym.to_string(),
                 ),
-                None => create_assignment(specifier.local.sym.to_string()),
+                None => create_assignment(specifier.local.clone()),
               })
             }
             ImportSpecifier::Namespace(_) => None,
@@ -69,9 +71,10 @@ impl Fold for ImportDeclsToVarDeclsFolder {
             .specifiers
             .iter()
             .find_map(|specifier| match specifier {
-              ImportSpecifier::Namespace(specifier) => {
-                Some(create_binding_ident(specifier.local.sym.to_string()))
-              }
+              ImportSpecifier::Namespace(specifier) => Some(BindingIdent {
+                id: specifier.local.clone(),
+                type_ann: None,
+              }),
               _ => None,
             });
 
@@ -190,13 +193,6 @@ fn create_empty_stmt() -> swc_ast::ModuleItem {
   ModuleItem::Stmt(Stmt::Empty(EmptyStmt { span: DUMMY_SP }))
 }
 
-fn create_binding_ident(name: String) -> swc_ast::BindingIdent {
-  swc_ast::BindingIdent {
-    id: create_ident(name),
-    type_ann: None,
-  }
-}
-
 fn create_ident(name: String) -> swc_ast::Ident {
   swc_ast::Ident {
     span: DUMMY_SP,
@@ -269,10 +265,10 @@ fn create_await_import_expr(
   }))
 }
 
-fn create_assignment(key: String) -> swc_ast::ObjectPatProp {
+fn create_assignment(key: Ident) -> swc_ast::ObjectPatProp {
   swc_ast::ObjectPatProp::Assign(swc_ast::AssignPatProp {
     span: DUMMY_SP,
-    key: create_ident(key),
+    key,
     value: None,
   })
 }