diff --git a/openrewrite/src/javascript/parser.ts b/openrewrite/src/javascript/parser.ts
index 7c73822f..bc4239a8 100644
--- a/openrewrite/src/javascript/parser.ts
+++ b/openrewrite/src/javascript/parser.ts
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ export class JavaScriptParserVisitor {
         return this.mapLiteral(node, null);
     }
 
-    private mapLiteral(node: ts.LiteralExpression | ts.TrueLiteral | ts.FalseLiteral | ts.NullLiteral, value: any): J.Literal {
+    private mapLiteral(node: ts.LiteralExpression | ts.TrueLiteral | ts.FalseLiteral | ts.NullLiteral | ts.Identifier, value: any): J.Literal {
         return new J.Literal(
             randomId(),
             this.prefix(node),
@@ -469,6 +469,10 @@ export class JavaScriptParserVisitor {
     }
 
     visitIdentifier(node: ts.Identifier) {
+        if (node.text === 'undefined') {
+            // unsure why this appears as a ts.Identifier in the AST
+            return this.mapLiteral(node, undefined);
+        }
         return this.mapIdentifier(node, node.text);
     }
 
diff --git a/openrewrite/src/javascript/typeMapping.ts b/openrewrite/src/javascript/typeMapping.ts
index 8852d47f..a0184d98 100644
--- a/openrewrite/src/javascript/typeMapping.ts
+++ b/openrewrite/src/javascript/typeMapping.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export class JavaScriptTypeMapping {
 
         if (type.flags === ts.TypeFlags.Null) {
             return JavaType.Primitive.of(JavaType.PrimitiveKind.Null);
+        } else if (type.flags === ts.TypeFlags.Undefined) {
+            return JavaType.Primitive.of(JavaType.PrimitiveKind.None);
         } else if (type.flags === ts.TypeFlags.Number) {
             return JavaType.Primitive.of(JavaType.PrimitiveKind.Double);
         } else if (type.flags === ts.TypeFlags.String) {
diff --git a/openrewrite/test/javascript/parser/literal.test.ts b/openrewrite/test/javascript/parser/literal.test.ts
index 198ba734..712f823e 100644
--- a/openrewrite/test/javascript/parser/literal.test.ts
+++ b/openrewrite/test/javascript/parser/literal.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ describe('identifier mapping', () => {
               assertLiteralLst(sourceFile, 'null', JavaType.PrimitiveKind.Null);
           }));
     });
+    test('undefined', () => {
+        rewriteRunWithOptions(
+          {normalizeIndent: false},
+          typeScript('undefined', sourceFile => {
+              assertLiteralLst(sourceFile, 'undefined', JavaType.PrimitiveKind.None);
+          }));
+    });
     test('regex', () => {
         rewriteRunWithOptions(
           {normalizeIndent: false},