diff --git a/Zend/tests/closure_023.phpt b/Zend/tests/closure_023.phpt
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..634fb6dd505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/closure_023.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--TEST--
+Closure 023: Closure declared in statically called method
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class foo {
+    public static function bar() {
+        $func = function() { echo "Done"; };
+        $func();
+    }
+}
+foo::bar();
+--EXPECT--
+Done
+
diff --git a/Zend/zend_closures.c b/Zend/zend_closures.c
index 1e70319d33a..8a83f2bfcf6 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_closures.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_closures.c
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ ZEND_API void zend_create_closure(zval *res, zend_function *func, zend_class_ent
 			closure->this_ptr = this_ptr;
 			Z_ADDREF_P(this_ptr);
 		} else {
+			closure->func.common.fn_flags |= ZEND_ACC_STATIC;
 			closure->this_ptr = NULL;
 		}
 	} else {