diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index d8ee1eba..6d1aeff8 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ Files are no longer hosted at LuaForge.
 <li>Make LuaC compile state explicit and improve factoring.</li>
 <li>Add sample build.gradle file for Android example.</li>
 <li>collectgarbage() now behaves same as collectgarbage("collect") (fixes issue #41).</li>
+<li>Allow access to Java inner classes using lua field syntax (fixes issue #40).</li>
 
 </ul></td></tr>
 </table></td></tr></table>
diff --git a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaClass.java b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaClass.java
index 4e293b8e..553c8e73 100644
--- a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaClass.java
+++ b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaClass.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class JavaClass extends JavaInstance implements CoerceJavaToLua.Coercion {
 	
 	Map fields;
 	Map methods;
+	Map innerclasses;
 	
 	static JavaClass forClass(Class c) {
 		JavaClass j = (JavaClass) classes.get(c);
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ class JavaClass extends JavaInstance implements CoerceJavaToLua.Coercion {
 			for ( int i=0; i<f.length; i++ ) {
 				Field fi = f[i];
 				if ( Modifier.isPublic(fi.getModifiers()) ) {
-					m.put( LuaValue.valueOf(fi.getName()), fi );
+					m.put(LuaValue.valueOf(fi.getName()), fi);
 					try {
 						if (!fi.isAccessible())
 							fi.setAccessible(true);
@@ -130,6 +131,21 @@ class JavaClass extends JavaInstance implements CoerceJavaToLua.Coercion {
 		}
 		return (LuaValue) methods.get(key);
 	}
+	
+	Class getInnerClass(LuaValue key) {
+		if ( innerclasses == null ) {
+			Map m = new HashMap();
+			Class[] c = ((Class)m_instance).getClasses();
+			for ( int i=0; i<c.length; i++ ) {
+				Class ci = c[i];
+				String name = ci.getName();
+				String stub = name.substring(Math.max(name.lastIndexOf('$'), name.lastIndexOf('.'))+1);
+				m.put(LuaValue.valueOf(stub), ci);
+			}
+			innerclasses = m;
+		}
+		return (Class) innerclasses.get(key);
+	}
 
 	public LuaValue getConstructor() {
 		return getMethod(NEW);
diff --git a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaInstance.java b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaInstance.java
index c8ecdf53..68ca7f47 100644
--- a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaInstance.java
+++ b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/JavaInstance.java
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ class JavaInstance extends LuaUserdata {
 		LuaValue m = jclass.getMethod(key);
 		if ( m != null )
 			return m;
+		Class c = jclass.getInnerClass(key);
+		if ( c != null )
+			return JavaClass.forClass(c);
 		return super.get(key);
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaAccessibleMembersTest.java b/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaAccessibleMembersTest.java
index 2125d0a5..3a86a8e6 100644
--- a/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaAccessibleMembersTest.java
+++ b/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaAccessibleMembersTest.java
@@ -53,10 +53,16 @@ public class LuajavaAccessibleMembersTest extends TestCase {
 			"return a.public_field;"));
 	}
 
-	public void testAccessFromPrivateClassPublicConcstructor() {
+	public void testAccessFromPrivateClassPublicConstructor() {
 		assertEquals("privateImpl-constructor", invokeScript(
 			"b = luajava.newInstance('"+TestClass.class.getName()+"');" +
 			"c = b:get_PrivateImplClass();" +
 			"return luajava.new(c);"));
 	}
+
+	public void testAccessPublicEnum() {
+		assertEquals("class org.luaj.vm2.lib.jse.TestClass$SomeEnum", invokeScript(
+			"b = luajava.newInstance('"+TestClass.class.getName()+"');" +
+			"return b.SomeEnum"));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaClassMembersTest.java b/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaClassMembersTest.java
index 0af23eb1..496adffe 100644
--- a/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaClassMembersTest.java
+++ b/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/LuajavaClassMembersTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ public class LuajavaClassMembersTest extends TestCase {
 
 		public String pick(String s) { return "class-c-pick(string:"+s+")"; }
 		public String pick(int i)    { return "class-c-pick(int:"+i+")"; }
+		public static class D {
+			public static String name()    { return "name-of-D"; }
+		}
 	}
 	
 	static LuaValue ZERO = LuaValue.ZERO;
@@ -223,4 +226,13 @@ public class LuajavaClassMembersTest extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals( "static-pick(int:1,string:abc)", p.call(SOMEB,ONE,ABC).tojstring() );
 		assertEquals( "static-pick(int:1,string:abc)", p.invoke(LuaValue.varargsOf(new LuaValue[] {SOMEB,ONE,ABC,ONE})).arg1().tojstring() );
 	}
+	public void testGetInnerClass() {
+		C c = new C();
+		JavaInstance ic = new JavaInstance(c);
+		LuaValue d = ic.get("D");
+		assertFalse(d.isnil());
+		assertSame(d, JavaClass.forClass(C.D.class));
+		LuaValue e = ic.get("E");
+		assertTrue(e.isnil());
+	}
 }
diff --git a/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/TestClass.java b/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/TestClass.java
index 28cb7386..dc57bc4b 100644
--- a/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/TestClass.java
+++ b/test/junit/org/luaj/vm2/lib/jse/TestClass.java
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ public class TestClass {
    }
    public TestInterface create_PrivateImpl(String f) { return new PrivateImpl(f); }
    public Class get_PrivateImplClass() { return PrivateImpl.class; }
+   public enum SomeEnum {
+       ValueOne,
+       ValueTwo,
+   }
 }
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