Index: source/Commands/CommandObjectTarget.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/Commands/CommandObjectTarget.cpp
+++ source/Commands/CommandObjectTarget.cpp
@@ -836,9 +836,25 @@
             return false;
           }
           use_var_name = true;
+          if (!m_exe_ctx.GetFramePtr()) {
+            VariableList list;
+            lldb_private::RegularExpression all_globals_regex(".");
+            target->GetImages().FindGlobalVariables(all_globals_regex, true,
+                                                    UINT32_MAX, list);
+          }
           matches = target->GetImages().FindGlobalVariables(
               regex, true, UINT32_MAX, variable_list);
         } else {
+          // if there is no frame then it is before "r" ing the exe, so just
+          // parse all the variables
+          // before picking proper otherwise we end up adding only this variable
+          // in m_variables
+          if (!m_exe_ctx.GetFramePtr()) {
+            VariableList list;
+            lldb_private::RegularExpression all_globals_regex(".");
+            target->GetImages().FindGlobalVariables(all_globals_regex, true,
+                                                    UINT32_MAX, list);
+          }
           Error error(Variable::GetValuesForVariableExpressionPath(
               arg, m_exe_ctx.GetBestExecutionContextScope(),
               GetVariableCallback, target, variable_list, valobj_list));
Index: source/Plugins/ExpressionParser/Clang/ClangExpressionDeclMap.h
===================================================================
--- source/Plugins/ExpressionParser/Clang/ClangExpressionDeclMap.h
+++ source/Plugins/ExpressionParser/Clang/ClangExpressionDeclMap.h
@@ -303,6 +303,23 @@
   TargetInfo GetTargetInfo();
 
   //------------------------------------------------------------------
+  /// Used to parse all the variable declared in globa score before accssing
+  /// indivually  when user try to see the global symbol before starting
+  /// execution.
+  ///
+  /// @param[in] target
+  ///     The target to find the symbol in.
+  ///
+  /// @param[in] name
+  ///     Symbol name that user try to print.
+  ///
+  /// @return
+  ///     True on success; false otherwise.
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  void ParseGlobalVariablesInScopeZero(Target &target, const ConstString name);
+
+  //------------------------------------------------------------------
   /// [Used by ClangASTSource] Find all entities matching a given name,
   /// using a NameSearchContext to make Decls for them.
   ///
Index: source/Plugins/ExpressionParser/Clang/ClangExpressionDeclMap.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/Plugins/ExpressionParser/Clang/ClangExpressionDeclMap.cpp
+++ source/Plugins/ExpressionParser/Clang/ClangExpressionDeclMap.cpp
@@ -733,6 +733,28 @@
       frame_decl_context.GetTypeSystem());
 }
 
+void ClangExpressionDeclMap::ParseGlobalVariablesInScopeZero(
+    Target &target, const ConstString name) {
+  const Symbol *symbol = FindGlobalDataSymbol(target, name, NULL);
+  ModuleSP module;
+
+  if (!symbol)
+    return;
+
+  if (symbol->ValueIsAddress())
+    module = symbol->GetAddressRef().GetModule();
+
+  SymbolVendor *vendor_sym = module->GetSymbolVendor(true, NULL);
+  SymbolContext sc;
+
+  sc.module_sp = module;
+  sc.comp_unit = symbol->GetAddress().CalculateSymbolContextCompileUnit();
+
+  vendor_sym->ParseVariablesForContext(sc);
+
+  return;
+}
+
 // Interface for ClangASTSource
 
 void ClangExpressionDeclMap::FindExternalVisibleDecls(
@@ -1229,6 +1251,11 @@
       }
     }
     if (target) {
+      // Looks like trying to find a variable before program is run.
+      // So parse the global variable for declaration.
+
+      ParseGlobalVariablesInScopeZero(*target, name);
+
       var = FindGlobalVariable(*target, module_sp, name, &namespace_decl, NULL);
 
       if (var) {