diff --git a/Zend/tests/bug70987.phpt b/Zend/tests/bug70987.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d31a1d2c6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/bug70987.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #70987 (static::class within Closure::call() causes segfault)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+class foo {}
+$bar = function () {
+   return static::class;
+};
+
+var_dump($bar->call(new foo));
+
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+string(3) "foo"
diff --git a/Zend/zend_closures.c b/Zend/zend_closures.c
index 76b10e43d3b..beca1cef075 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_closures.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_closures.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ ZEND_METHOD(Closure, call)
 	fci.param_count = my_param_count;
 	fci.object = fci_cache.object = newobj;
 	fci_cache.initialized = 1;
+	fci_cache.called_scope = Z_OBJCE_P(newthis);
 
 	if (fci_cache.function_handler->common.fn_flags & ZEND_ACC_GENERATOR) {
 		zval new_closure;