diff --git a/src/evalvars.c b/src/evalvars.c
index 9c05c57..75893bb 100644
--- a/src/evalvars.c
+++ b/src/evalvars.c
@@ -2628,7 +2628,28 @@
 	return ret;
 
     // Search in parent scope for lambda
-    return find_var_in_scoped_ht(name, no_autoload || htp != NULL);
+    ret = find_var_in_scoped_ht(name, no_autoload || htp != NULL);
+    if (ret != NULL)
+	return ret;
+
+    // in Vim9 script items without a scope can be script-local
+    if (in_vim9script() && name[0] != NUL && name[1] != ':')
+    {
+	ht = get_script_local_ht();
+	if (ht != NULL)
+	{
+	    ret = find_var_in_ht(ht, *name, varname,
+						   no_autoload || htp != NULL);
+	    if (ret != NULL)
+	    {
+		if (htp != NULL)
+		    *htp = ht;
+		return ret;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
index 8d67b6f..5c937b6 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
@@ -1476,6 +1476,15 @@
   Line_continuation_in_def('.')->assert_equal('full')
 enddef
 
+def Test_script_var_in_lambda()
+  var lines =<< trim END
+      vim9script
+      var script = 'test'
+      assert_equal(['test'], map(['one'], {-> script}))
+  END
+  CheckScriptSuccess(lines)
+enddef
+
 def Line_continuation_in_lambda(): list<string>
   var x = range(97, 100)
       ->map({_, v -> nr2char(v)
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 03f8a3f..ebfe94c 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    2018,
+/**/
     2017,
 /**/
     2016,