diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
index 54b3320acbe..c3c02604dc4 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
@@ -250,12 +250,27 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
     @Override
     public void visitSimpleNameExpression(JetSimpleNameExpression expression) {
         final DeclarationDescriptor descriptor = bindingContext.resolveReferenceExpression(expression);
-        int index = myMap.getIndex(descriptor);
-        if (index >= 0) {
-            v.visitVarInsn(Opcodes.ALOAD, index);
+        PsiElement declaration = bindingContext.getDeclarationPsiElement(descriptor);
+        if (declaration instanceof PsiField) {
+            PsiField psiField = (PsiField) declaration;
+            if (psiField.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.STATIC)) {
+                v.visitFieldInsn(Opcodes.GETSTATIC,
+                                 jvmName(psiField.getContainingClass()),
+                                 psiField.getName(),
+                                 psiTypeToAsm(psiField.getType()).getDescriptor());
+            }
+            else {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("don't know how to generate field reference " + descriptor);
+            }
         }
         else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("don't know how to generate reference " + descriptor);
+            int index = myMap.getIndex(descriptor);
+            if (index >= 0) {
+                v.visitVarInsn(Opcodes.ALOAD, index);
+            }
+            else {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("don't know how to generate reference " + descriptor);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -275,8 +290,10 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
                 if (declarationPsiElement instanceof PsiMethod) {
                     PsiMethod method = (PsiMethod) declarationPsiElement;
                     if (method.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.STATIC)) {
-                        PsiClass containingClass = method.getContainingClass();
-                        v.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKESTATIC, jvmName(containingClass), method.getName(), getMethodDescriptor(method));
+                        v.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKESTATIC,
+                                          jvmName(method.getContainingClass()),
+                                          method.getName(),
+                                          getMethodDescriptor(method));
                         boxIfNeeded(method.getReturnType());
                     }
                     else {
diff --git a/idea/testData/codegen/systemOut.jet b/idea/testData/codegen/systemOut.jet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..299749860df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/codegen/systemOut.jet
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fun f() : Any { return System.out; }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/NamespaceGenTest.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/NamespaceGenTest.java
index 6da578cfa2f..6f52fda061e 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/NamespaceGenTest.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/NamespaceGenTest.java
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ public class NamespaceGenTest extends LightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase {
         assertEquals(returnValue, System.identityHashCode(o));
     }
 
+    public void testSystemOut() throws Exception {
+        loadFile("systemOut.jet");
+        final Class aClass = generateToClass();
+        final Method main = firstMethod(aClass);
+        final Object returnValue = main.invoke(null);
+        assertEquals(returnValue, System.out);
+    }
+
     private void loadFile(final String name) {
         myFixture.configureByFile(JetParsingTest.getTestDataDir() + "/codegen/" + name);
     }