diff --git a/runtime/TypeWrapper.cs b/runtime/TypeWrapper.cs
index 4dad4311..bf4ce733 100644
--- a/runtime/TypeWrapper.cs
+++ b/runtime/TypeWrapper.cs
@@ -3687,7 +3687,14 @@ namespace IKVM.Internal
 			{
 				if(!clinitMethodSet)
 				{
-					clinitMethod = type.GetMethod("__<clinit>", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+					try
+					{
+						clinitMethod = type.GetMethod("__<clinit>", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+					}
+#if STATIC_COMPILER
+					catch (IKVM.Reflection.MissingMemberException) { }
+#endif
+					finally { }
 					clinitMethodSet = true;
 				}
 				return clinitMethod != null;