diff --git a/src/test/examples/staticinlining/Main.java b/src/test/examples/staticinlining/Main.java
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+++ b/src/test/examples/staticinlining/Main.java
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+// Copyright (c) 2018, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package staticinlining;
+
+public class Main {
+  public static String tag = null;
+
+  public static void printMessage(String msg) {
+    System.out.println(msg);
+  }
+
+  public static void test() {
+    tag = "Sub1";
+    Sub1.inlineMe();  // triggers class init of Sub1 (and its hierarchy)
+    tag = "Sub2";
+    Sub2.doNotInlineMe();  // triggers class init of Sub2 (and its hierarchy)
+    printMessage("SuperClass.INIT_TAG=" + SuperClass.INIT_TAG);
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    test();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/examples/staticinlining/Sub1.java b/src/test/examples/staticinlining/Sub1.java
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+++ b/src/test/examples/staticinlining/Sub1.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package staticinlining;
+
+import inlining.AlwaysInline;
+
+public class Sub1 extends SuperClass {
+
+  @AlwaysInline
+  public static void inlineMe() {
+    Main.printMessage("Sub1");
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/examples/staticinlining/Sub2.java b/src/test/examples/staticinlining/Sub2.java
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+++ b/src/test/examples/staticinlining/Sub2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package staticinlining;
+
+public class Sub2 extends SuperClass {
+
+  public static void doNotInlineMe() {
+    System.out.println("Do not inline me 1");
+    System.out.println("Do not inline me 2");
+    System.out.println("Do not inline me 3");
+    System.out.println("Do not inline me 4");
+    System.out.println("Do not inline me 5");
+    System.out.println("Do not inline me 6");
+    System.out.println("Do not inline me 7");
+    System.out.println("Do not inline me 8");
+    System.out.println("Do not inline me 9");
+    System.out.println("Do not inline me 10");
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/examples/staticinlining/SuperClass.java b/src/test/examples/staticinlining/SuperClass.java
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+++ b/src/test/examples/staticinlining/SuperClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package staticinlining;
+
+public class SuperClass {
+  public static final String INIT_TAG = Main.tag;
+}
diff --git a/src/test/examples/staticinlining/keep-rules.txt b/src/test/examples/staticinlining/keep-rules.txt
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+++ b/src/test/examples/staticinlining/keep-rules.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Keep the application entry point. Get rid of everything that is not
+# reachable from there.
+-keep public class staticinlining.Main {
+  public static void main(...);
+}
+
+-alwaysinline class * {
+  @inlining.AlwaysInline <methods>;
+}