diff --git a/src/main/clojure/cljs/analyzer.cljc b/src/main/clojure/cljs/analyzer.cljc
index 47bb73dc4..3b88875b7 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/cljs/analyzer.cljc
+++ b/src/main/clojure/cljs/analyzer.cljc
@@ -1880,7 +1880,11 @@
                  (assoc locals e
                         {:name e
                          :line (get-line e env)
-                         :column (get-col e env)})
+                         :column (get-col e env)
+                         ;; :local is required for {:op :local ...} nodes
+                         ;; but previously we had no way to figure this out
+                         ;; by adding it here we can recover it later
+                         :local :catch})
                  locals)
         catch (when cblock
                 (disallowing-recur (analyze (assoc catchenv :locals locals) cblock)))
diff --git a/src/test/clojure/cljs/analyzer/spec_tests.clj b/src/test/clojure/cljs/analyzer/spec_tests.clj
index 4ea5f8d91..48f3930bf 100644
--- a/src/test/clojure/cljs/analyzer/spec_tests.clj
+++ b/src/test/clojure/cljs/analyzer/spec_tests.clj
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
     (is (= :throw (:op node)))
     (is (s/valid? ::a/node node))))
 
-#_(deftest test-try
+(deftest test-try
   (let [node (no-warn (analyze ns-env '(try 1 (catch :default e) (finally))))]
     (is (= :try (:op node)))
     (is (s/valid? ::a/node node))))