diff --git a/src/compile.cpp b/src/compile.cpp
index b9899d3124..08444e2644 100644
--- a/src/compile.cpp
+++ b/src/compile.cpp
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ void releaseLock(MyThread* t, GcMethod* method, void* stack)
     if (t->methodLockIsClean) {
       object lock;
       if (method->flags() & ACC_STATIC) {
-        lock = method->class_();
+        lock = getJClass(t, method->class_());
       } else {
         lock = *localObject(t,
                             stackForFrame(t, stack, method),
@@ -2736,6 +2736,26 @@ void releaseMonitorForObject(MyThread* t, object o)
   }
 }
 
+void acquireMonitorForClassOnEntrance(MyThread* t, GcClass* o)
+{
+  if (LIKELY(o)) {
+    t->methodLockIsClean = false;
+    acquire(t, getJClass(t, o));
+    t->methodLockIsClean = true;
+  } else {
+    throwNew(t, GcNullPointerException::Type);
+  }
+}
+
+void releaseMonitorForClass(MyThread* t, GcClass* o)
+{
+  if (LIKELY(o)) {
+    release(t, getJClass(t, o));
+  } else {
+    throwNew(t, GcNullPointerException::Type);
+  }
+}
+
 object makeMultidimensionalArray2(MyThread* t,
                                   GcClass* class_,
                                   uintptr_t* countStack,
@@ -3406,13 +3426,22 @@ void handleEntrance(MyThread* t, Frame* frame)
     frame->set(index, ir::Type::object());
   }
 
-  handleMonitorEvent(
-      t, frame, getThunk(t, acquireMonitorForObjectOnEntranceThunk));
+  handleMonitorEvent(t,
+                     frame,
+                     getThunk(t,
+                              method->flags() & ACC_STATIC
+                                  ? acquireMonitorForClassOnEntranceThunk
+                                  : acquireMonitorForObjectOnEntranceThunk));
 }
 
 void handleExit(MyThread* t, Frame* frame)
 {
-  handleMonitorEvent(t, frame, getThunk(t, releaseMonitorForObjectThunk));
+  handleMonitorEvent(t,
+                     frame,
+                     getThunk(t,
+                              frame->context->method->flags() & ACC_STATIC
+                                  ? releaseMonitorForClassThunk
+                                  : releaseMonitorForObjectThunk));
 }
 
 bool inTryBlock(MyThread* t UNUSED, GcCode* code, unsigned ip)
@@ -7588,7 +7617,7 @@ uint64_t invokeNativeSlow(MyThread* t, GcMethod* method, void* function)
 
   if (method->flags() & ACC_SYNCHRONIZED) {
     if (method->flags() & ACC_STATIC) {
-      acquire(t, method->class_());
+      acquire(t, getJClass(t, method->class_()));
     } else {
       acquire(t, *reinterpret_cast<object*>(RUNTIME_ARRAY_BODY(args)[1]));
     }
@@ -7613,7 +7642,7 @@ uint64_t invokeNativeSlow(MyThread* t, GcMethod* method, void* function)
 
   if (method->flags() & ACC_SYNCHRONIZED) {
     if (method->flags() & ACC_STATIC) {
-      release(t, method->class_());
+      release(t, getJClass(t, method->class_()));
     } else {
       release(t, *reinterpret_cast<object*>(RUNTIME_ARRAY_BODY(args)[1]));
     }
diff --git a/src/interpret.cpp b/src/interpret.cpp
index 7dac9262b7..6ed8fefe03 100644
--- a/src/interpret.cpp
+++ b/src/interpret.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void pushFrame(Thread* t, GcMethod* method)
     // to release a monitor we never successfully acquired when we try
     // to pop the frame back off.
     if (method->flags() & ACC_STATIC) {
-      acquire(t, method->class_());
+      acquire(t, getJClass(t, method->class_()));
     } else {
       acquire(t, peekObject(t, base));
     }
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void popFrame(Thread* t)
 
   if (method->flags() & ACC_SYNCHRONIZED) {
     if (method->flags() & ACC_STATIC) {
-      release(t, method->class_());
+      release(t, getJClass(t, method->class_()));
     } else {
       release(t, peekObject(t, frameBase(t, t->frame)));
     }
diff --git a/src/thunks.cpp b/src/thunks.cpp
index e97e21aa12..43a2a0c45d 100644
--- a/src/thunks.cpp
+++ b/src/thunks.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ THUNK(setMaybeNull)
 THUNK(acquireMonitorForObject)
 THUNK(acquireMonitorForObjectOnEntrance)
 THUNK(releaseMonitorForObject)
+THUNK(acquireMonitorForClassOnEntrance)
+THUNK(releaseMonitorForClass)
 THUNK(makeMultidimensionalArray)
 THUNK(makeMultidimensionalArrayFromReference)
 THUNK(throw_)
diff --git a/test/Misc.java b/test/Misc.java
index 42d452a37a..ab69d7490b 100644
--- a/test/Misc.java
+++ b/test/Misc.java
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ public class Misc {
     }
   }
 
+  private static synchronized void testStaticNotify() {
+    Misc.class.notify();
+  }
+  
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     zam();
 
@@ -165,6 +169,8 @@ public class Misc {
 
     ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().toString();
 
+    testStaticNotify();
+    
     { Misc m = new Misc();
       m.toString();