diff --git a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/reachable.rs b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/reachable.rs
index 20aaaea5b98..ec47f597257 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/reachable.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/reachable.rs
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ fn propagate_node(&mut self, node: &Node<'tcx>, search_item: LocalDefId) {
                     // Reachable constants will be inlined into other crates
                     // unconditionally, so we need to make sure that their
                     // contents are also reachable.
-                    hir::ItemKind::Const(_, init) => {
+                    hir::ItemKind::Const(_, init) | hir::ItemKind::Static(_, _, init) => {
                         self.visit_nested_body(init);
                     }
 
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ fn propagate_node(&mut self, node: &Node<'tcx>, search_item: LocalDefId) {
                     | hir::ItemKind::Use(..)
                     | hir::ItemKind::OpaqueTy(..)
                     | hir::ItemKind::TyAlias(..)
-                    | hir::ItemKind::Static(..)
                     | hir::ItemKind::Mod(..)
                     | hir::ItemKind::ForeignMod { .. }
                     | hir::ItemKind::Impl { .. }
diff --git a/src/test/codegen/external-no-mangle-statics.rs b/src/test/codegen/external-no-mangle-statics.rs
index ee61814678c..feb4af6286e 100644
--- a/src/test/codegen/external-no-mangle-statics.rs
+++ b/src/test/codegen/external-no-mangle-statics.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ mod private {
     pub static mut L: u8 = 0;
 };
 
-// The surrounding item should not accidentally become external
 fn x() {
     // CHECK: @M = local_unnamed_addr constant
     #[no_mangle]
@@ -76,6 +75,3 @@ fn x() {
     #[no_mangle]
     pub static mut P: u8 = 0;
 }
-// CHECK-LABEL: ; external_no_mangle_statics::x
-// CHECK-NEXT: ; Function Attrs:
-// CHECK-NEXT: define internal
diff --git a/src/test/ui/cross-crate/auxiliary/static_init_aux.rs b/src/test/ui/cross-crate/auxiliary/static_init_aux.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b664f43654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/cross-crate/auxiliary/static_init_aux.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+pub static V: &u32 = &X;
+pub static F: fn() = f;
+
+static X: u32 = 42;
+
+pub fn v() -> *const u32 {
+    V
+}
+
+fn f() {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/cross-crate/static-init.rs b/src/test/ui/cross-crate/static-init.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e893c5d9bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/cross-crate/static-init.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// run-pass
+// aux-build:static_init_aux.rs
+extern crate static_init_aux as aux;
+
+static V: &u32 = aux::V;
+static F: fn() = aux::F;
+
+fn v() -> *const u32 {
+    V
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    assert_eq!(aux::v(), crate::v());
+    F();
+}