diff --git a/classpath/java/lang/Class.java b/classpath/java/lang/Class.java
index 32ff0b583b..6aceca3606 100644
--- a/classpath/java/lang/Class.java
+++ b/classpath/java/lang/Class.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -439,6 +440,19 @@ public final class Class <T> implements Type, AnnotatedElement {
   }
 
   public int getModifiers() {
+    ClassAddendum addendum = vmClass.addendum;
+    if (addendum != null) {
+      InnerClassReference[] table = addendum.innerClassTable;
+      if (table != null) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < table.length; ++i) {
+          InnerClassReference reference = table[i];
+          if (Arrays.equals(vmClass.name, reference.inner)) {
+            return reference.flags;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     return vmClass.flags;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/avian/classpath-common.h b/src/avian/classpath-common.h
index c1bb129518..994b1b1897 100644
--- a/src/avian/classpath-common.h
+++ b/src/avian/classpath-common.h
@@ -746,6 +746,28 @@ getDeclaringClass(Thread* t, object c)
   return 0;
 }
 
+unsigned
+classModifiers(Thread* t, object c)
+{
+  object addendum = classAddendum(t, c);
+  if (addendum) {
+    object table = classAddendumInnerClassTable(t, addendum);
+    if (table) {
+      for (unsigned i = 0; i < arrayLength(t, table); ++i) {
+        object reference = arrayBody(t, table, i);
+        if (0 == strcmp
+            (&byteArrayBody(t, className(t, c), 0),
+             &byteArrayBody(t, innerClassReferenceInner(t, reference), 0)))
+        {
+          return innerClassReferenceFlags(t, reference);
+        }        
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return classFlags(t, c);
+}
+
 } // namespace vm
 
 #endif//CLASSPATH_COMMON_H
diff --git a/src/classpath-android.cpp b/src/classpath-android.cpp
index 3cbbc33292..a3c30d38ef 100644
--- a/src/classpath-android.cpp
+++ b/src/classpath-android.cpp
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ extern "C" AVIAN_EXPORT int64_t JNICALL
 Avian_java_lang_Class_getModifiers
 (Thread* t, object, uintptr_t* arguments)
 {
-  return classFlags
+  return classModifiers
     (t, jclassVmClass(t, reinterpret_cast<object>(arguments[0])));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/classpath-openjdk.cpp b/src/classpath-openjdk.cpp
index 91d61a2685..76e797de10 100644
--- a/src/classpath-openjdk.cpp
+++ b/src/classpath-openjdk.cpp
@@ -4123,12 +4123,19 @@ EXPORT(JVM_GetComponentType)(Thread* t, jclass c)
   return reinterpret_cast<jclass>(run(t, jvmGetComponentType, arguments));
 }
 
+uint64_t
+jvmGetClassModifiers(Thread* t, uintptr_t* arguments)
+{
+  return classModifiers
+    (t, jclassVmClass(t, *reinterpret_cast<jobject>(arguments[0])));
+}
+
 extern "C" AVIAN_EXPORT jint JNICALL
 EXPORT(JVM_GetClassModifiers)(Thread* t, jclass c)
 {
-  ENTER(t, Thread::ActiveState);
+  uintptr_t arguments[] = { reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(c) };
 
-  return classFlags(t, jclassVmClass(t, *c));
+  return run(t, jvmGetClassModifiers, arguments);
 }
 
 uint64_t
@@ -4349,7 +4356,9 @@ EXPORT(JVM_GetClassDeclaredConstructors)(Thread* t, jclass c,
 extern "C" AVIAN_EXPORT jint JNICALL
 EXPORT(JVM_GetClassAccessFlags)(Thread* t, jclass c)
 {
-  return EXPORT(JVM_GetClassModifiers)(t, c);
+  ENTER(t, Thread::ActiveState);
+
+  return classFlags(t, jclassVmClass(t, *c));
 }
 
 uint64_t
diff --git a/src/machine.cpp b/src/machine.cpp
index 4d93e2801e..ca99b330e0 100644
--- a/src/machine.cpp
+++ b/src/machine.cpp
@@ -2314,13 +2314,6 @@ parseAttributeTable(Thread* t, Stream& s, object class_, object pool)
            flags);
 
         set(t, table, ArrayBody + (i * BytesPerWord), reference);
-
-        if (0 == strcmp
-            (&byteArrayBody(t, className(t, class_), 0),
-             &byteArrayBody(t, innerClassReferenceInner(t, reference), 0)))
-        {
-          classFlags(t, class_) = flags;
-        }
       }
 
       object addendum = getClassAddendum(t, class_, pool);
diff --git a/test/Reflection.java b/test/Reflection.java
index 90d3da0eb0..8607cacc45 100644
--- a/test/Reflection.java
+++ b/test/Reflection.java
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ public class Reflection {
   private static void innerClasses() throws Exception {
     Class c = Reflection.class;
     Class[] inner = c.getDeclaredClasses();
-    expect(1 == inner.length);
-    expect(Hello.class == inner[0]);
+    expect(2 == inner.length);
+    expect(Hello.class == inner[0]
+           || Hello.class == inner[1]);
   }
 
   private int egads;
@@ -236,6 +237,14 @@ public class Reflection {
 
     expect((Foo.class.getMethod("toString").getModifiers()
             & Modifier.PUBLIC) != 0);
+
+    expect(avian.TestReflection.get(Baz.class.getField("foo"), new Baz())
+           .equals(42));
+    expect((Baz.class.getModifiers() & Modifier.PUBLIC) == 0);
+  }
+
+  protected static class Baz {
+    public int foo = 42;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/avian/TestReflection.java b/test/avian/TestReflection.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b17dff52b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/avian/TestReflection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package avian;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+public class TestReflection {
+  public static Object get(Field field, Object target) throws Exception {
+    return field.get(target);
+  }
+}