diff --git a/base/org.codehaus.groovy24/src/org/codehaus/groovy/ast/expr/StaticMethodCallExpression.java b/base/org.codehaus.groovy24/src/org/codehaus/groovy/ast/expr/StaticMethodCallExpression.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d087c4fd6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/org.codehaus.groovy24/src/org/codehaus/groovy/ast/expr/StaticMethodCallExpression.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ *  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ *  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ *  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ *  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ *  under the License.
+ */
+package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr;
+
+import groovy.lang.MetaMethod;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.GroovyCodeVisitor;
+
+/**
+ * A static method call on a class
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:james@coredevelopers.net">James Strachan</a>
+ */
+public class StaticMethodCallExpression extends Expression implements MethodCall {
+
+    private ClassNode ownerType;
+    private String method;
+    private Expression arguments;
+    private MetaMethod metaMethod = null;
+
+    public StaticMethodCallExpression(ClassNode type, String method, Expression arguments) {
+        ownerType = type;
+        this.method = method;
+        this.arguments = arguments;
+    }
+
+    public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor) {
+        visitor.visitStaticMethodCallExpression(this);
+    }
+
+    public Expression transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer) {
+        Expression ret = new StaticMethodCallExpression(getOwnerType(), method, transformer.transform(arguments));
+        ret.setSourcePosition(this);
+        ret.copyNodeMetaData(this);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public ASTNode getReceiver() {
+        return ownerType;
+    }
+
+    public String getMethodAsString() {
+        return method;
+    }
+
+    public Expression getArguments() {
+        return arguments;
+    }
+
+    public String getMethod() {
+        return method;
+    }
+
+    public String getText() {
+        return getOwnerType().getName() + "." + method + arguments.getText();
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return super.toString() + "[" + getOwnerType().getName() + "#" + method + " arguments: " + arguments + "]";
+    }
+
+    public ClassNode getOwnerType() {
+        return ownerType;
+    }
+
+    public void setOwnerType(ClassNode ownerType) {
+        this.ownerType = ownerType;
+    }
+
+    public void setMetaMethod(MetaMethod metaMethod) {
+        this.metaMethod = metaMethod;
+    }
+
+    public MetaMethod getMetaMethod() {
+        return metaMethod;
+    }
+
+    // GRECLIPSE add
+    public void setSourcePosition(ASTNode node) {
+        super.setSourcePosition(node);
+        if (getNameEnd() < 1 && node.getEnd() > 0) {
+            if (node instanceof MethodCallExpression) {
+                node = ((MethodCallExpression) node).getMethod();
+            } else if (node instanceof BinaryExpression) {
+                // likely "import static foo.Bar.setBaz; baz = null"
+                node = ((BinaryExpression) node).getLeftExpression();
+            }/* else if (node instanceof VariableExpression) {
+                // likely "import static foo.Bar.getBaz; def x = baz"
+            }*/
+            setNameStart(node.getStart());
+            setNameEnd((node instanceof StaticMethodCallExpression ?
+                ((StaticMethodCallExpression) node).getMethod().length() : node.getEnd()) - 1);
+        }
+    }
+    // GRECLIPSE end
+}
diff --git a/base/org.codehaus.groovy25/src/org/codehaus/groovy/ast/expr/StaticMethodCallExpression.java b/base/org.codehaus.groovy25/src/org/codehaus/groovy/ast/expr/StaticMethodCallExpression.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..790bb9bda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/org.codehaus.groovy25/src/org/codehaus/groovy/ast/expr/StaticMethodCallExpression.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ *  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ *  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ *  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ *  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ *  under the License.
+ */
+package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr;
+
+import groovy.lang.MetaMethod;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.GroovyCodeVisitor;
+
+/**
+ * A static method call on a class
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:james@coredevelopers.net">James Strachan</a>
+ */
+public class StaticMethodCallExpression extends Expression implements MethodCall {
+
+    private ClassNode ownerType;
+    private final String method;
+    private final Expression arguments;
+    private MetaMethod metaMethod = null;
+
+    public StaticMethodCallExpression(ClassNode type, String method, Expression arguments) {
+        ownerType = type;
+        this.method = method;
+        this.arguments = arguments;
+    }
+
+    public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor) {
+        visitor.visitStaticMethodCallExpression(this);
+    }
+
+    public Expression transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer) {
+        Expression ret = new StaticMethodCallExpression(getOwnerType(), method, transformer.transform(arguments));
+        ret.setSourcePosition(this);
+        ret.copyNodeMetaData(this);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public ASTNode getReceiver() {
+        return ownerType;
+    }
+
+    public String getMethodAsString() {
+        return method;
+    }
+
+    public Expression getArguments() {
+        return arguments;
+    }
+
+    public String getMethod() {
+        return method;
+    }
+
+    public String getText() {
+        return getOwnerType().getName() + "." + method + arguments.getText();
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return super.toString() + "[" + getOwnerType().getName() + "#" + method + " arguments: " + arguments + "]";
+    }
+
+    public ClassNode getOwnerType() {
+        return ownerType;
+    }
+
+    public void setOwnerType(ClassNode ownerType) {
+        this.ownerType = ownerType;
+    }
+
+    public void setMetaMethod(MetaMethod metaMethod) {
+        this.metaMethod = metaMethod;
+    }
+
+    public MetaMethod getMetaMethod() {
+        return metaMethod;
+    }
+
+    // GRECLIPSE add
+    public void setSourcePosition(ASTNode node) {
+        super.setSourcePosition(node);
+        if (getNameEnd() < 1 && node.getEnd() > 0) {
+            if (node instanceof MethodCallExpression) {
+                node = ((MethodCallExpression) node).getMethod();
+            } else if (node instanceof BinaryExpression) {
+                // likely "import static foo.Bar.setBaz; baz = null"
+                node = ((BinaryExpression) node).getLeftExpression();
+            }/* else if (node instanceof VariableExpression) {
+                // likely "import static foo.Bar.getBaz; def x = baz"
+            }*/
+            setNameStart(node.getStart());
+            setNameEnd((node instanceof StaticMethodCallExpression ?
+                ((StaticMethodCallExpression) node).getMethod().length() : node.getEnd()) - 1);
+        }
+    }
+    // GRECLIPSE end
+}
diff --git a/base/org.codehaus.groovy26/src/org/codehaus/groovy/ast/expr/StaticMethodCallExpression.java b/base/org.codehaus.groovy26/src/org/codehaus/groovy/ast/expr/StaticMethodCallExpression.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..790bb9bda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/org.codehaus.groovy26/src/org/codehaus/groovy/ast/expr/StaticMethodCallExpression.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ *  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ *  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ *  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ *  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ *  under the License.
+ */
+package org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr;
+
+import groovy.lang.MetaMethod;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ASTNode;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.GroovyCodeVisitor;
+
+/**
+ * A static method call on a class
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:james@coredevelopers.net">James Strachan</a>
+ */
+public class StaticMethodCallExpression extends Expression implements MethodCall {
+
+    private ClassNode ownerType;
+    private final String method;
+    private final Expression arguments;
+    private MetaMethod metaMethod = null;
+
+    public StaticMethodCallExpression(ClassNode type, String method, Expression arguments) {
+        ownerType = type;
+        this.method = method;
+        this.arguments = arguments;
+    }
+
+    public void visit(GroovyCodeVisitor visitor) {
+        visitor.visitStaticMethodCallExpression(this);
+    }
+
+    public Expression transformExpression(ExpressionTransformer transformer) {
+        Expression ret = new StaticMethodCallExpression(getOwnerType(), method, transformer.transform(arguments));
+        ret.setSourcePosition(this);
+        ret.copyNodeMetaData(this);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public ASTNode getReceiver() {
+        return ownerType;
+    }
+
+    public String getMethodAsString() {
+        return method;
+    }
+
+    public Expression getArguments() {
+        return arguments;
+    }
+
+    public String getMethod() {
+        return method;
+    }
+
+    public String getText() {
+        return getOwnerType().getName() + "." + method + arguments.getText();
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return super.toString() + "[" + getOwnerType().getName() + "#" + method + " arguments: " + arguments + "]";
+    }
+
+    public ClassNode getOwnerType() {
+        return ownerType;
+    }
+
+    public void setOwnerType(ClassNode ownerType) {
+        this.ownerType = ownerType;
+    }
+
+    public void setMetaMethod(MetaMethod metaMethod) {
+        this.metaMethod = metaMethod;
+    }
+
+    public MetaMethod getMetaMethod() {
+        return metaMethod;
+    }
+
+    // GRECLIPSE add
+    public void setSourcePosition(ASTNode node) {
+        super.setSourcePosition(node);
+        if (getNameEnd() < 1 && node.getEnd() > 0) {
+            if (node instanceof MethodCallExpression) {
+                node = ((MethodCallExpression) node).getMethod();
+            } else if (node instanceof BinaryExpression) {
+                // likely "import static foo.Bar.setBaz; baz = null"
+                node = ((BinaryExpression) node).getLeftExpression();
+            }/* else if (node instanceof VariableExpression) {
+                // likely "import static foo.Bar.getBaz; def x = baz"
+            }*/
+            setNameStart(node.getStart());
+            setNameEnd((node instanceof StaticMethodCallExpression ?
+                ((StaticMethodCallExpression) node).getMethod().length() : node.getEnd()) - 1);
+        }
+    }
+    // GRECLIPSE end
+}
diff --git a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/test/ui/SemanticHighlightingTests.groovy b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/test/ui/SemanticHighlightingTests.groovy
index 3e17a7f8fa..800d8ccc44 100644
--- a/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/test/ui/SemanticHighlightingTests.groovy
+++ b/ide-test/org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.tests/src/org/codehaus/groovy/eclipse/test/ui/SemanticHighlightingTests.groovy
@@ -258,6 +258,27 @@ final class SemanticHighlightingTests extends GroovyEclipseTestSuite {
             new HighlightedTypedPosition(contents.lastIndexOf('valueOf'), 'valueOf'.length(), STATIC_CALL))
     }
 
+    @Test // https://github.com/groovy/groovy-eclipse/issues/545
+    void testStaticMethods5() {
+        addGroovySource '''\
+            class Util {
+              static def getSomething() { value }
+              static void setSomething(value) { }
+            }
+            ''', 'Util', 'pack'
+
+        String contents = '''\
+            import static pack.Util.*
+            def thing = something
+            something = null
+            '''.stripIndent()
+
+        assertHighlighting(contents,
+            new HighlightedTypedPosition(contents.indexOf('thing'), 'thing'.length(), VARIABLE),
+            new HighlightedTypedPosition(contents.indexOf('something'), 'something'.length(), STATIC_CALL),
+            new HighlightedTypedPosition(contents.lastIndexOf('something'), 'something'.length(), STATIC_CALL))
+    }
+
     @Test // GRECLIPSE-1138
     void testMultipleStaticMethods() {
         String contents = '''\