diff --git a/compiler/test.hs b/compiler/test.hs
index 6ecbf6785..79ae7ceee 100644
--- a/compiler/test.hs
+++ b/compiler/test.hs
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ compilerTests =
         (returnCode, cmdOut, cmdErr) <- readCreateProcessWithExitCode (shell $ "rm -rf ../test/compiler/test_deps/deps/a/build.zig*") ""
         (returnCode, cmdOut, cmdErr) <- readCreateProcessWithExitCode (shell $ "rm -rf ../test/compiler/test_deps/deps/a/out") ""
         runActon "build" ExitSuccess False "../test/compiler/test_deps/"
+  , testCase "call imported staticmethod" $ do
+        (returnCode, cmdOut, cmdErr) <- readCreateProcessWithExitCode (shell $ "rm -rf ../test/compiler/import_staticmethod/out") ""
+        testBuild "" ExitSuccess False "../test/compiler/import_staticmethod/"
   ]
 
 actoncProjTests =
diff --git a/test/compiler/imported_staticmethod/Acton.toml b/test/compiler/imported_staticmethod/Acton.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/compiler/imported_staticmethod/src/foo.act b/test/compiler/imported_staticmethod/src/foo.act
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f330b7125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compiler/imported_staticmethod/src/foo.act
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+
+class Foo(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def new():
+        return Foo()
diff --git a/test/compiler/imported_staticmethod/src/m.act b/test/compiler/imported_staticmethod/src/m.act
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b70935aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compiler/imported_staticmethod/src/m.act
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+import foo
+
+actor main(env):
+    f = foo.Foo.new()
+    env.exit(0)