diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/astencode.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/astencode.rs
index d095c2271a2..45b3355f009 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/astencode.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/astencode.rs
@@ -671,7 +671,6 @@ fn encode_side_tables_for_ii(ecx: @e::encode_ctxt,
 fn encode_side_tables_for_id(ecx: @e::encode_ctxt,
                              ebml_w: ebml::writer,
                              id: ast::node_id) {
-
     let ccx = ecx.ccx;
     let tcx = ccx.tcx;
 
diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/csearch.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/csearch.rs
index 0da50704635..6a336da1e52 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/csearch.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/csearch.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 export get_iface_methods;
 export get_type;
 export get_impl_iface;
+export get_impl_method;
 export get_item_path;
 export maybe_get_item_ast;
 
@@ -121,6 +122,12 @@ fn get_impl_iface(tcx: ty::ctxt, def: ast::def_id)
     decoder::get_impl_iface(cdata, def.node, tcx)
 }
 
+fn get_impl_method(cstore: cstore::cstore, def: ast::def_id, mname: str)
+    -> ast::def_id {
+    let cdata = cstore::get_crate_data(cstore, def.crate);
+    decoder::get_impl_method(cdata, def.node, mname)
+}
+
 // Local Variables:
 // mode: rust
 // fill-column: 78;
diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/decoder.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/decoder.rs
index 1af4b3f65a2..f7120f0efc2 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/decoder.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/decoder.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 export get_type;
 export get_type_param_count;
 export get_impl_iface;
+export get_impl_method;
 export lookup_def;
 export lookup_item_name;
 export get_impl_iface;
@@ -256,6 +257,18 @@ fn get_impl_iface(cdata: cmd, id: ast::node_id, tcx: ty::ctxt)
     item_impl_iface(lookup_item(id, cdata.data), tcx, cdata)
 }
 
+fn get_impl_method(cdata: cmd, id: ast::node_id, name: str) -> ast::def_id {
+    let items = ebml::get_doc(ebml::new_doc(cdata.data), tag_items);
+    let found = none;
+    ebml::tagged_docs(find_item(id, items), tag_item_method) {|mid|
+        let m_did = parse_def_id(ebml::doc_data(mid));
+        if item_name(find_item(m_did.node, items)) == name {
+            found = some(translate_def_id(cdata, m_did));
+        }
+    }
+    option::get(found)
+}
+
 fn get_symbol(data: @[u8], id: ast::node_id) -> str {
     ret item_symbol(lookup_item(id, data));
 }
diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/encoder.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/encoder.rs
index 9a9075a65ba..38509ec7024 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/encoder.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/encoder.rs
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ fn should_inline(attrs: [attribute]) -> bool {
             encode_name(ebml_w, m.ident);
             encode_symbol(ecx, ebml_w, m.id);
             encode_path(ebml_w, impl_path, ast_map::path_name(m.ident));
-            if should_inline(m.attrs) {
+            if tps.len() > 0u || m.tps.len() > 0u || should_inline(m.attrs) {
                 astencode::encode_inlined_item(
                     ecx, ebml_w, impl_path,
                     ii_method(local_def(item.id), m));
diff --git a/src/rustc/middle/trans/impl.rs b/src/rustc/middle/trans/impl.rs
index 7d350ae7fad..2382e731fab 100644
--- a/src/rustc/middle/trans/impl.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/middle/trans/impl.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 import type_of::*;
 import build::*;
 import driver::session::session;
-import syntax::{ast, ast_util};
+import syntax::ast;
+import syntax::ast_util::local_def;
 import metadata::csearch;
 import back::{link, abi};
 import lib::llvm::llvm;
@@ -144,6 +145,19 @@ fn trans_vtable_callee(bcx: block, env: callee_env, dict: ValueRef,
      generic: generic}
 }
 
+fn method_with_name(ccx: crate_ctxt, impl_id: ast::def_id,
+                    name: ast::ident) -> ast::def_id {
+    if impl_id.crate == ast::local_crate {
+        alt check ccx.tcx.items.get(impl_id.node) {
+          ast_map::node_item(@{node: ast::item_impl(_, _, _, ms), _}, _) {
+            local_def(option::get(vec::find(ms, {|m| m.ident == name})).id)
+          }
+        }
+    } else {
+        csearch::get_impl_method(ccx.sess.cstore, impl_id, name)
+    }
+}
+
 fn trans_monomorphized_callee(bcx: block, callee_id: ast::node_id,
                               base: @ast::expr, iface_id: ast::def_id,
                               n_method: uint, n_param: uint, n_bound: uint,
@@ -151,18 +165,9 @@ fn trans_monomorphized_callee(bcx: block, callee_id: ast::node_id,
     alt find_dict_in_fn_ctxt(substs, n_param, n_bound) {
       typeck::dict_static(impl_did, tys, sub_origins) {
         let tcx = bcx.tcx();
-        if impl_did.crate != ast::local_crate {
-            ret trans_param_callee(bcx, callee_id, base, iface_id,
-                                   n_method, n_param, n_bound);
-        }
         let mname = ty::iface_methods(tcx, iface_id)[n_method].ident;
-        let mth = alt check tcx.items.get(impl_did.node) {
-          ast_map::node_item(@{node: ast::item_impl(_, _, _, ms), _}, _) {
-            option::get(vec::find(ms, {|m| m.ident == mname}))
-          }
-        };
-        ret trans_static_callee(bcx, callee_id, base,
-                                ast_util::local_def(mth.id),
+        let mth_id = method_with_name(bcx.ccx(), impl_did, mname);
+        ret trans_static_callee(bcx, callee_id, base, mth_id,
                                 some((tys, sub_origins)));
       }
       typeck::dict_iface(iid) {
@@ -378,7 +383,7 @@ fn trans_iface_wrapper(ccx: @crate_ctxt, pt: path, m: ty::method,
 
 fn trans_iface_vtable(ccx: @crate_ctxt, pt: path, it: @ast::item) {
     let new_pt = pt + [path_name(it.ident), path_name(int::str(it.id))];
-    let i_did = ast_util::local_def(it.id), i = 0u;
+    let i_did = local_def(it.id), i = 0u;
     let ptrs = vec::map(*ty::iface_methods(ccx.tcx, i_did), {|m|
         let w = trans_iface_wrapper(ccx, new_pt + [path_name(m.ident)], m, i);
         i += 1u;