diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/TestCases/Pretty/RefFields.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/TestCases/Pretty/RefFields.cs
index 7bbb377a6b..3860a7874a 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/TestCases/Pretty/RefFields.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests/TestCases/Pretty/RefFields.cs
@@ -38,12 +38,23 @@ public void OutSpan(out Span<int> span)
 		public void Calls()
 		{
 			int value = 0;
-			Span<int> span = CreateWithoutCapture(ref value);
-			//span = CreateAndCapture(ref value); -- would need scoped local, not yet implemented
+			scoped Span<int> span = CreateWithoutCapture(ref value);
+			span = CreateAndCapture(ref value);
 			span = ScopedRefSpan(ref span);
 			span = ScopedSpan(span);
 			OutSpan(out span);
 		}
+
+		public int ReassignScopedRefToLocal(bool b, ref int x)
+		{
+			int num = 42;
+			scoped ref int reference = ref x;
+			if (b)
+			{
+				reference = ref num;
+			}
+			return reference;
+		}
 	}
 
 	internal ref struct RefFields
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Syntax/Modifiers.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Syntax/Modifiers.cs
index d286f21cf8..ffa6501770 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Syntax/Modifiers.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Syntax/Modifiers.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public enum Modifiers
 		Async = 0x10000,
 		Ref = 0x20000,
 		Required = 0x40000,
+		Scoped = 0x80000,
 
 		VisibilityMask = Private | Internal | Protected | Public,
 
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ public static class CSharpModifiers
 			Modifiers.Unsafe,
 			Modifiers.Static, Modifiers.Abstract, Modifiers.Virtual, Modifiers.Sealed, Modifiers.Override,
 			Modifiers.Required, Modifiers.Readonly, Modifiers.Volatile,
+			Modifiers.Scoped,
 			Modifiers.Ref,
 			Modifiers.Extern, Modifiers.Partial, Modifiers.Const,
 			Modifiers.Async,
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ public static string GetModifierName(Modifiers modifier)
 					return "async";
 				case Modifiers.Ref:
 					return "ref";
+				case Modifiers.Scoped:
+					return "scoped";
 				case Modifiers.Required:
 					return "required";
 				case Modifiers.Any:
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Transforms/DeclareVariables.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Transforms/DeclareVariables.cs
index fe3c2e70eb..fc5cf64947 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Transforms/DeclareVariables.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/CSharp/Transforms/DeclareVariables.cs
@@ -599,6 +599,58 @@ bool CombineDeclarationAndInitializer(VariableToDeclare v, TransformContext cont
 			return !context.Settings.SeparateLocalVariableDeclarations;
 		}
 
+		// A by-ref-like local (a 'ref' local or a ref struct such as Span<T>) that is re-assigned to a value
+		// limited to a method-local's scope must have been declared 'scoped' for the original source to pass
+		// ref-safety (otherwise CS8374 for ref locals, or CS8347/CS8352 for ref structs). 'scoped' has no runtime effect, and such a local provably
+		// cannot escape the method, so restoring it is behavior-preserving and lets the code recompile.
+		static bool RequiresScopedModifier(ILVariable variable)
+		{
+			if (variable.StoreInstructions.Count < 2)
+				return false;
+			foreach (var store in variable.StoreInstructions)
+			{
+				if (store is StLoc stloc && CapturesNarrowReference(stloc.Value))
+					return true;
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		// True if the stored ref / ref-struct value is limited to a method-local's scope: either the address
+		// of method-local storage (a narrow ref itself), or a call/newobj that passes such an address to a
+		// NON-scoped by-ref parameter (so the returned ref struct captures it and inherits the narrow scope).
+		static bool CapturesNarrowReference(ILInstruction value)
+		{
+			switch (value)
+			{
+				case LdLoca:
+				case LdFlda:
+					return IsAddressOfMethodLocal(value);
+				case CallInstruction call when call.OpCode is OpCode.Call or OpCode.CallVirt or OpCode.NewObj:
+					for (int i = 0; i < call.Arguments.Count; i++)
+					{
+						if (IsAddressOfMethodLocal(call.Arguments[i])
+							&& call.GetParameter(i) is { ReferenceKind: ReferenceKind.Ref or ReferenceKind.In or ReferenceKind.RefReadOnly } p
+							&& !p.Lifetime.ScopedRef)
+						{
+							return true;
+						}
+					}
+					return false;
+				default:
+					return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// True if 'addr' is the address of method-local storage: the address of a local/stack-slot, or a
+		// field thereof (a struct field of a local is exactly as narrow as the local). A field of a heap
+		// object (LdFlda over a loaded reference) or an array element bottoms out at a non-LdLoca root and
+		// is therefore treated as wide.
+		static bool IsAddressOfMethodLocal(ILInstruction addr) => addr switch {
+			LdLoca ldloca => ldloca.Variable.Kind is VariableKind.Local or VariableKind.StackSlot,
+			LdFlda ldflda => IsAddressOfMethodLocal(ldflda.Target),
+			_ => false,
+		};
+
 		void InsertVariableDeclarations(TransformContext context)
 		{
 			var replacements = new List<(AstNode OldNode, Func<AstNode> CreateNewNode, string StepDescription)>();
@@ -638,6 +690,13 @@ void InsertVariableDeclarations(TransformContext context)
 								init.AddAnnotation(annotation);
 							}
 						}
+						if (context.Settings.ScopedRef
+							&& v.ILVariable.Kind is VariableKind.Local or VariableKind.StackSlot
+							&& (type is ComposedType { HasRefSpecifier: true } || v.ILVariable.Type.IsByRefLike)
+							&& RequiresScopedModifier(v.ILVariable))
+						{
+							vds.Modifiers |= Modifiers.Scoped;
+						}
 						return vds;
 					}, "Combine variable declaration with initializer"));
 				}