diff --git a/docs/web/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/web/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e358366a..0e2444af4 100644
--- a/docs/web/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/docs/web/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ pandoc_html(release-notes-3.4.5   "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.0   "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.0.1 "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.0.2 "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
+pandoc_html(release-notes-4.0.3 "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.1   "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.1.1 "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.2   "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
diff --git a/docs/web/release-notes-4.0.3.md b/docs/web/release-notes-4.0.3.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5e36be61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/web/release-notes-4.0.3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+title: Release notes of the 4.0.3 version of `TFEL`, `MFront` and `MTest`
+author: Thomas Helfer
+date: 2022
+lang: en-EN
+numbersections: true
+documentclass: article
+from: markdown+tex_math_single_backslash
+geometry:
+  - margin=2cm
+papersize: a4
+link-citations: true
+colorlinks: true
+figPrefixTemplate: "$$i$$"
+tblPrefixTemplate: "$$i$$"
+secPrefixTemplate: "$$i$$"
+eqnPrefixTemplate: "($$i$$)"
+---
+
+# Issues fixed
+
+## Issue 484: Allow `result_type` for `@StaticVariable`
+
+For more details, see <https://github.com/thelfer/tfel/issues/484>
+
+
diff --git a/mfront/src/DSLBase.cxx b/mfront/src/DSLBase.cxx
index 1f7674843..5e49201a3 100644
--- a/mfront/src/DSLBase.cxx
+++ b/mfront/src/DSLBase.cxx
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <cctype>
-#include <iterator>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <iterator>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <algorithm>
 
@@ -1256,13 +1256,7 @@ namespace mfront {
   void DSLBase::treatStaticVar() {
     this->checkNotEndOfFile("DSLBase::treatStaticVar",
                             "Cannot read type of static variable.");
-    const auto type = this->current->value;
-    if (!this->isValidIdentifier(type, false)) {
-      --(this->current);
-      this->throwRuntimeError("DSLBase::treatStaticVar",
-                              "type given is not valid.");
-    }
-    ++(this->current);
+    const auto type = this->readType();
     this->checkNotEndOfFile("DSLBase::treatStaticVar",
                             "Cannot read variable name.");
     const auto sname = this->current->value;