--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Thu Feb 14 13:08:15 2013 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Thu Feb 14 14:33:35 2013 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 # include "bytes_ppc.hpp"
 #endif
 
-#define NOFAILOVER_MAJOR_VERSION 51
+#define NOFAILOVER_MAJOR_VERSION                  51
+#define STATIC_METHOD_IN_INTERFACE_MAJOR_VERSION  52
 
 // Access to external entry for VerifyClassCodes - old byte code verifier
 
@@ -2317,6 +2318,11 @@
       types = (1 << JVM_CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref) |
               (1 << JVM_CONSTANT_Methodref);
       break;
+    case Bytecodes::_invokestatic:
+      types = (_klass->major_version() < STATIC_METHOD_IN_INTERFACE_MAJOR_VERSION) ?
+        (1 << JVM_CONSTANT_Methodref) :
+        ((1 << JVM_CONSTANT_InterfaceMethodref) | (1 << JVM_CONSTANT_Methodref));
+      break;
     default:
       types = 1 << JVM_CONSTANT_Methodref;
   }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/runtime/8007736/TestStaticIF.java	Thu Feb 14 14:33:35 2013 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8007736
+ * @summary Test static interface method.
+ * @run main/othervm -Xverify:all TestStaticIF
+ */
+
+public class TestStaticIF implements StaticMethodInInterface {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.printf("main: %s%n", StaticMethodInInterface.get());
+    }
+}
+
+interface StaticMethodInInterface {
+
+    public static String get() {
+        return "Hello from StaticMethodInInterface.get()";
+    }
+}