diff --git a/tests/src/org/aspectj/systemtest/ajc121/Ajc121Tests.java b/tests/src/org/aspectj/systemtest/ajc121/Ajc121Tests.java
index e32a91e37..968eec0bc 100644
--- a/tests/src/org/aspectj/systemtest/ajc121/Ajc121Tests.java
+++ b/tests/src/org/aspectj/systemtest/ajc121/Ajc121Tests.java
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ public class Ajc121Tests extends org.aspectj.testing.XMLBasedAjcTestCase {
   public void test026_bindingThisAndTargetToTheSameFormal() {
   	runTest("ajc crashes when compiling the following program (binding this() and target())");
   }
-
+  
+  public void test027_itdsOnInnerClassesAsStatic() {
+      runTest("ITDs on inner classes should be static context");
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/src/org/aspectj/systemtest/ajc121/ajc121-tests.xml b/tests/src/org/aspectj/systemtest/ajc121/ajc121-tests.xml
index 579adf58d..49cd75b36 100644
--- a/tests/src/org/aspectj/systemtest/ajc121/ajc121-tests.xml
+++ b/tests/src/org/aspectj/systemtest/ajc121/ajc121-tests.xml
@@ -203,7 +203,14 @@
     	<run class="Proceeding3"/>
    	</ajc-test>
 
-    <ajc-test dir="bugs/oxford" pr="65319"
+	<ajc-test dir="bugs" pr="61572"
+    	title="ITDs on inner classes should be static context">
+    	<compile files="PR61572.aj">
+	        <message kind="error" line="19" text="Cannot make a static reference to the non-static field zzz"></message>
+    	</compile>
+   	</ajc-test>
+
+  <ajc-test dir="bugs/oxford" pr="65319"
 	  	title="ajc crashes when compiling the following program (binding this() and target())">
 		<compile files="PR65319.java">
 			<message kind="error" line="7" text="Cannot use target() to match at this"/>