diff --git a/dace/transformation/passes/dead_dataflow_elimination.py b/dace/transformation/passes/dead_dataflow_elimination.py
index d9131385d6..017fe2cc86 100644
--- a/dace/transformation/passes/dead_dataflow_elimination.py
+++ b/dace/transformation/passes/dead_dataflow_elimination.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright 2019-2022 ETH Zurich and the DaCe authors. All rights reserved.
 
+import ast
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type
 
 from dace import SDFG, Memlet, SDFGState, data, dtypes, properties
+from dace.frontend.python import astutils
 from dace.sdfg import nodes
 from dace.sdfg import utils as sdutil
 from dace.sdfg.analysis import cfg
@@ -137,16 +139,27 @@ def apply_pass(self, sdfg: SDFG, pipeline_results: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[D
                                     predecessor_nsdfgs[leaf.src].add(leaf.src_conn)
 
                             # Pruning connectors on tasklets sometimes needs to change their code
-                            elif (isinstance(leaf.src, nodes.Tasklet)
-                                  and leaf.src.code.language != dtypes.Language.Python):
+                            elif isinstance(leaf.src, nodes.Tasklet):
+                                ctype = infer_types.infer_out_connector_type(sdfg, state, leaf.src, leaf.src_conn)
+                                # Add definition
                                 if leaf.src.code.language == dtypes.Language.CPP:
-                                    ctype = infer_types.infer_out_connector_type(sdfg, state, leaf.src, leaf.src_conn)
                                     if ctype is None:
                                         raise NotImplementedError(
                                             f'Cannot eliminate dead connector "{leaf.src_conn}" on '
                                             'tasklet due to connector type inference failure.')
-                                    # Add definition
                                     leaf.src.code.code = f'{ctype.as_arg(leaf.src_conn)};\n' + leaf.src.code.code
+                                elif leaf.src.code.language == dtypes.Language.Python:
+                                    if ctype is not None:
+                                        # ASTFindReplace won't do any replacement (note that repldict is empty), it is
+                                        # used only to check if leaf.src_conn is used in tasklet's code.
+                                        ast_find = astutils.ASTFindReplace(repldict={}, trigger_names={leaf.src_conn})
+                                        # if leaf.src_conn is found in leaf.src.code.code
+                                        try:
+                                            for code in leaf.src.code.code:
+                                                ast_find.generic_visit(code)
+                                        except astutils.NameFound:
+                                            # then add the hint expression 
+                                            leaf.src.code.code = ast.parse(f'{leaf.src_conn}: dace.{ctype.to_string()}\n').body + leaf.src.code.code
                                 else:
                                     raise NotImplementedError(f'Cannot eliminate dead connector "{leaf.src_conn}" on '
                                                               'tasklet due to its code language.')
diff --git a/tests/passes/dead_code_elimination_test.py b/tests/passes/dead_code_elimination_test.py
index 2f84d333e0..f8920b0538 100644
--- a/tests/passes/dead_code_elimination_test.py
+++ b/tests/passes/dead_code_elimination_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2019-2022 ETH Zurich and the DaCe authors. All rights reserved.
 """ Various tests for dead code elimination passes. """
 
+import numpy as np
 import pytest
 import dace
 from dace.transformation.pass_pipeline import Pipeline
@@ -253,6 +254,43 @@ def test_dce_callback_manual():
     sdfg.validate()
 
 
+def test_dce_add_type_hint_of_variable():
+    """
+    The code of this test comes from this issue: https://github.com/spcl/dace/issues/1150#issue-1445418361
+    """
+    sdfg = dace.SDFG("test")
+    state = sdfg.add_state()
+    sdfg.add_array("out", dtype=dace.float64, shape=(10,))
+    sdfg.add_array("cond", dtype=dace.bool, shape=(10,))
+    sdfg.add_array("tmp", dtype=dace.float64, shape=(10,), transient=True)
+    tasklet, *_ = state.add_mapped_tasklet(
+        code="""
+if _cond:
+    _tmp = 3.0
+else:
+    _tmp = 7.0
+_out = _tmp
+        """,
+        inputs={"_cond": dace.Memlet(subset="k", data="cond")},
+        outputs={
+            "_out": dace.Memlet(subset="k", data="out"),
+            "_tmp": dace.Memlet(subset="k", data="tmp"),
+        },
+        map_ranges={"k": "0:10"},
+        name="test_tasklet",
+        external_edges=True,
+    )
+    sdfg.simplify()
+    assert tasklet.code.as_string.startswith("_tmp: dace.float64")
+
+    compiledsdfg = sdfg.compile()
+    cond = np.random.choice(a=[True, False], size=(10,))
+    out = np.zeros((10,))
+    compiledsdfg(cond=cond, out=out)
+    assert np.all(out == np.where(cond, 3.0, 7.0))
+
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_dse_simple()
     test_dse_unconditional()
@@ -267,3 +305,4 @@ def test_dce_callback_manual():
     test_dce()
     test_dce_callback()
     test_dce_callback_manual()
+    test_dce_add_type_hint_of_variable()