diff --git a/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifest.php b/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifest.php
index ba488a5b7..9e0ac8f36 100644
--- a/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifest.php
+++ b/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifest.php
@@ -242,6 +242,19 @@ class SS_ConfigStaticManifest_Parser {
 			$type = is_array($token) ? $token[0] : $token;
 
 			if($type == T_CLASS) {
+				// Fetch the last token
+				$pos = $this->pos - 1; // Subtract 1 as the pointer is always 1 place ahead of the current token
+				do {
+					$pos--;
+					$prev = $this->tokens[$pos];
+				} while ($pos > 0 && is_array($prev) && $prev[0] == T_WHITESPACE);
+
+				// Ignore class keyword if it's being used for class name resolution: ClassName::class
+				$lastType = ($prev === (array)$prev) ? $prev[0] : $prev;
+				if ($lastType === T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
 				$next = $this->nextString();
 				if($next === null) {
 					user_error("Couldn\'t parse {$this->path} when building config static manifest", E_USER_ERROR);
diff --git a/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest.php b/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest.php
index 3709bd384..4b60d197a 100644
--- a/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest.php
+++ b/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest.php
@@ -257,6 +257,16 @@ DOC;
 
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $statics[':ss:test2']);
 	}
+
+	public function testParsingClassKeyword() {
+		$parser = new SS_ConfigStaticManifest_Parser(__DIR__ .
+			'/ConfigStaticManifestTest/ConfigStaticManifestTestClassKeyword.php');
+		$parser->parse();
+
+		$statics = $parser->getStatics();
+
+		$this->assertEquals('bar', $statics['ConfigStaticManifestTestClassKeyword']['foo']['value']);
+	}
 }
 
 class ConfigStaticManifestTest_Parser extends SS_ConfigStaticManifest_Parser implements TestOnly {
diff --git a/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest/ConfigStaticManifestTestClassKeyword.php b/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest/ConfigStaticManifestTestClassKeyword.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfd8e740b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core/manifest/ConfigStaticManifestTest/ConfigStaticManifestTestClassKeyword.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+class ConfigStaticManifestTestClassKeyword implements TestOnly {
+
+	private static $foo = 'bar';
+
+	public function __construct() {
+		$this->inst = Injector::inst()->get(static::class);
+	}
+
+}