diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/MethodInfo.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/MethodInfo.java
index 28a504b2..001394a0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/MethodInfo.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/MethodInfo.java
@@ -603,6 +603,13 @@ public boolean isConstructor() {
         return Arrays.equals(Utils.INIT_METHOD_NAME, methodInternal.nameBytes());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return {@code true} if this method is a static initializer
+     */
+    public boolean isStaticInitializer() {
+        return Arrays.equals(Utils.CLINIT_METHOD_NAME, methodInternal.nameBytes());
+    }
+
     /**
      * A default method is a public non-abstract non-static method declared in an interface.
      *
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/Utils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/Utils.java
index 6ccaf3a6..08525520 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/Utils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/Utils.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 class Utils {
     static final byte[] INIT_METHOD_NAME = Utils.toUTF8("<init>");
 
+    static final byte[] CLINIT_METHOD_NAME = Utils.toUTF8("<clinit>");
+
     static byte[] toUTF8(String string) {
         return string.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/MethodInfoTestCase.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/MethodInfoTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cbf0819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/MethodInfoTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+package org.jboss.jandex.test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.jboss.jandex.ClassInfo;
+import org.jboss.jandex.Index;
+import org.jboss.jandex.MethodInfo;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class MethodInfoTestCase {
+    // note that a lot of the example classes have a default constructor
+
+    static class Example1 {
+        // compiles to the `ConstantValue` attribute, no static initializer
+        static final String str = "";
+    }
+
+    static class Example2 {
+        // not a constant, compiles to a static initializer
+        static String str = "";
+    }
+
+    static class Example3 {
+        static final String str;
+
+        static {
+            str = "";
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Example4 {
+        static final String str;
+
+        static {
+            str = "";
+        }
+
+        static final int i = 0;
+    }
+
+    // the 2 static initializers are merged into 1
+    static class Example5 {
+        static final String str;
+
+        static {
+            str = "";
+        }
+
+        static final int i;
+
+        static {
+            i = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Example6 {
+        static final String str = "";
+
+        final int i = 0;
+    }
+
+    static class Example7 {
+        static final String str;
+
+        static {
+            str = "";
+        }
+
+        final int i;
+
+        Example7() {
+            i = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Example8 {
+        static final String str = "";
+
+        final int i;
+
+        {
+            i = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // the instance initializer is folded into the constructor
+    static class Example9 {
+        static final String str;
+
+        static {
+            str = "";
+        }
+
+        final int i;
+
+        Example9() {
+        }
+
+        {
+            i = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // the instance initializers are folded into the default constructor
+    static class Example10 {
+        final String str;
+
+        {
+            str = "";
+        }
+
+        final int i;
+
+        {
+            i = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Example11 {
+        Example11() {
+        }
+
+        Example11(int i) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Example12 {
+        static final String str;
+
+        static {
+            str = "";
+        }
+
+        Example12() {
+        }
+
+        Example12(int i) {
+        }
+
+        Example12(String str) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsStaticInitializerAndConstructor() throws IOException {
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example1.class), 0, 1);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example2.class), 1, 1);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example3.class), 1, 1);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example4.class), 1, 1);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example5.class), 1, 1);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example6.class), 0, 1);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example7.class), 1, 1);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example8.class), 0, 1);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example9.class), 1, 1);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example10.class), 0, 1);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example11.class), 0, 2);
+        verify(Index.singleClass(Example12.class), 1, 3);
+    }
+
+    private void verify(ClassInfo clazz, int expectedStaticInitializers, int expectedConstructors) {
+        int staticInitializers = 0;
+        int constructors = 0;
+        for (MethodInfo method : clazz.methods()) {
+            if (method.isStaticInitializer()) {
+                staticInitializers++;
+            }
+            if (method.isConstructor()) {
+                constructors++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(expectedStaticInitializers, staticInitializers);
+        assertEquals(expectedConstructors, constructors);
+    }
+}