diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/depend/depend.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/depend/depend.xml
index 11430da9e..0493e9b2a 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/depend/depend.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/depend/depend.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
     </jar>
   </target>
   
+  <target name="testmethodparam" depends="src1setup, compile">
+    <classfileset id="result" dir="${classes.dir}" rootclass="E"/>
+  </target>
+  
   <target name="testinner" depends="src2setup, compile">
     <sleep seconds="3"/>
     <delete file="${tempsrc.dir}/B.java"/>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/depend/src1/E.java b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/depend/src1/E.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8f89f2d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/depend/src1/E.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+public class E {
+    E() {
+        System.out.println(A.class);
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/depend/ClassFileSetTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/depend/ClassFileSetTest.java
index eded10aa8..aaf422cac 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/depend/ClassFileSetTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/types/optional/depend/ClassFileSetTest.java
@@ -158,4 +158,31 @@ public class ClassFileSetTest extends BuildFileTest {
     public void testByReference() {
         executeTarget("testbyreference");
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Test that classes included in a method "System.out.println(MyClass.class)" are included.
+     */
+    public void testMethodParam() {
+        Project project = getProject();
+        executeTarget("testmethodparam");
+        FileSet resultFileSet = (FileSet)project.getReference(RESULT_FILESET);
+        DirectoryScanner scanner = resultFileSet.getDirectoryScanner(project);
+        String[] scannedFiles = scanner.getIncludedFiles();
+        Hashtable files = new Hashtable();
+        for (int i = 0; i < scannedFiles.length; ++i) {
+            files.put(scannedFiles[i], scannedFiles[i]);
+        }
+        assertEquals("Classfileset did not pick up expected number of "
+            + "class files", 5, files.size());
+        assertTrue("Result did not contain A.class",
+            files.containsKey("A.class"));
+        assertTrue("Result did not contain B.class",
+            files.containsKey("B.class"));
+        assertTrue("Result did not contain C.class",
+            files.containsKey("C.class"));
+        assertTrue("Result did not contain D.class",
+            files.containsKey("D.class"));
+        assertTrue("Result did not contain E.class",
+            files.containsKey("E.class"));
+    }    
 }