diff --git a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTableIntegrationTest.java b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTableIntegrationTest.java
index 8d4474473..615b2d8d0 100644
--- a/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTableIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/protected/gatk-tools-protected/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTableIntegrationTest.java
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ public class VariantsToTableIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
     @Test(enabled = true)
     public void testMultiAllelicOneRecord() {
         WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(variantsToTableMultiAllelicCmd(""),
-                Arrays.asList("0ff49c08690f61a38614606a090f23ea"));
+                Arrays.asList("b468589f4d2bf4c7d85a0584b77fc0fd"));
         executeTest("testMultiAllelicOneRecord", spec);
     }
 
     @Test(enabled = true)
     public void testMultiAllelicSplitRecords() {
-        WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(variantsToTableMultiAllelicCmd(" -SMA"),
-                Arrays.asList("17a0fc80409d2fc00ad2bbb94b3a346b"));
+        WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(variantsToTableMultiAllelicCmd(" -F TYPE -SMA"),
+                Arrays.asList("74b37874afff05d65cf7b0587b7168ec"));
         executeTest("testMultiAllelicSplitRecords", spec);
     }
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class VariantsToTableIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                         " --moltenize -SMA" +
                         " -o %s",
                 1,
-                Arrays.asList("c131e2c3cfb673c456cb160bda476101"));
+                Arrays.asList("84d103b54f6799424bf49c854831d059"));
         executeTest("testMoltenOutputWithMultipleAlleles", spec);
     }
 }
diff --git a/public/gatk-tools-public/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java b/public/gatk-tools-public/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java
index a2651ef29..ea1945e3c 100644
--- a/public/gatk-tools-public/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java
+++ b/public/gatk-tools-public/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/gatk/tools/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ public class VariantsToTable extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
 
             if ( splitMultiAllelic && field.equals("ALT") ) { // we need to special case the ALT field when splitting out multi-allelic records
                 addFieldValue(splitAltAlleles(vc), records);
+            } else if (splitMultiAllelic && field.equals("TYPE")) {
+                addFieldValue(splitAlleleTypes(vc), records);
             } else if ( getters.containsKey(field) ) {
                 addFieldValue(getters.get(field).get(vc), records);
             } else if ( vc.hasAttribute(field) ) {
@@ -461,4 +463,23 @@ public class VariantsToTable extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
 
         return vc.getAlternateAlleles();
     }
+
+    private static Object splitAlleleTypes(VariantContext vc) {
+        final int numAltAlleles = vc.getAlternateAlleles().size();
+        if (numAltAlleles == 1)
+            return vc.getType().toString();
+        List<Allele> altAlleles = vc.getAlternateAlleles();
+        List<String> alleleTypes = new ArrayList<>(numAltAlleles);
+        for (Allele allele : altAlleles) {
+            if (allele.length() == vc.getReference().length()) {
+                if ( allele.length() == 1 )
+                    alleleTypes.add("SNP");
+                else
+                    alleleTypes.add("MNP");
+            }
+            else
+                alleleTypes.add("INDEL");
+        }
+        return alleleTypes;
+    }
 }