diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog b/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog
index d7ae762e0e8b..e6cbf79a98f2 100644
--- a/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-10-14  Andrew Haley  <aph@redhat.com>
+
+	* libjava.lang/StaticConstructor.java: New.
+	* libjava.lang/StaticConstructor.out: New.
+
 2002-10-13  Mark Wielaard  <mark@klomp.org>
 
 	* libjava.mauve/xfails: Remove tests that now XPASS.
diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/libjava.lang/StaticConstructor.java b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.lang/StaticConstructor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5dc3870a4284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.lang/StaticConstructor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+g// Test to make sure static initializers are called
+
+class bar
+{
+  public static int zog;
+  public static int zag;
+
+  static
+  {
+    zog = 12;
+    zag = 2;
+  }
+
+  public bar() { } 
+}
+
+public class StaticConstructor
+{
+  static int foo ()
+  {
+    return new bar().zog;
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String args[])
+  {
+    System.out.println ("" + (foo() + bar.zag));
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/libjava.lang/StaticConstructor.out b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.lang/StaticConstructor.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1