diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index 4482cef7..2509a51a 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ Files are no longer hosted at LuaForge.
 <li>Fix bug that didn't read package.path from environment.</li>
 <li>Fix pluggable scripting engine lookup, simplify implementation, and add unit tests.</li>
 <li>Coerce script engine eval() return values to Java.</li>
+<li>Fix Lua to Java coercion directly on Java classes.</li>
 
 </ul></td></tr>
 </table></td></tr></table>
diff --git a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/CoerceJavaToLua.java b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/CoerceJavaToLua.java
index 452f2b93..795cc8cb 100644
--- a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/CoerceJavaToLua.java
+++ b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/CoerceJavaToLua.java
@@ -131,11 +131,12 @@ public class CoerceJavaToLua {
 	public static LuaValue coerce(Object o) {
 		if ( o == null )
 			return LuaValue.NIL;
+		if (o instanceof Class)
+			return JavaClass.forClass((Class) o);
 		Class clazz = o.getClass();
 		Coercion c = (Coercion) COERCIONS.get( clazz );
 		if ( c == null ) {
-			c = o instanceof Class? JavaClass.forClass((Class)o):
-				clazz.isArray()? arrayCoercion:
+			c = clazz.isArray()? arrayCoercion:
 				instanceCoercion;
 			COERCIONS.put( clazz, c );
 		}
diff --git a/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuaJavaCoercionTest.java b/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuaJavaCoercionTest.java
index ab9317c8..5db90743 100644
--- a/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuaJavaCoercionTest.java
+++ b/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuaJavaCoercionTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,30 @@ public class LuaJavaCoercionTest extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals( String.class, o.getClass() );
 		assertEquals( "777", o );
 	}
+
+	public void testJavaClassToLuaUserdata() {
+		LuaValue va = CoerceJavaToLua.coerce(ClassA.class);
+		LuaValue va1 = CoerceJavaToLua.coerce(ClassA.class);
+		LuaValue vb = CoerceJavaToLua.coerce(ClassB.class);
+		assertSame(va, va1);
+		assertNotSame(va, vb);
+		LuaValue vi = CoerceJavaToLua.coerce(new ClassA());
+		assertNotSame(va, vi);
+		assertTrue(vi.isuserdata());
+		assertTrue(vi.isuserdata(ClassA.class));
+		assertFalse(vi.isuserdata(ClassB.class));
+		LuaValue vj = CoerceJavaToLua.coerce(new ClassB());
+		assertNotSame(vb, vj);
+		assertTrue(vj.isuserdata());
+		assertFalse(vj.isuserdata(ClassA.class));
+		assertTrue(vj.isuserdata(ClassB.class));
+	}
+
+	static class ClassA {
+	}
+
+	static class ClassB {	
+	}
 	
 	public void testJavaIntArrayToLuaTable() {
 		int[] i = { 222, 333 };