diff --git a/src/gsi/gsi_test/gsiTest.cc b/src/gsi/gsi_test/gsiTest.cc
index 5961322c6..29363acca 100644
--- a/src/gsi/gsi_test/gsiTest.cc
+++ b/src/gsi/gsi_test/gsiTest.cc
@@ -375,6 +375,18 @@ A *A::a20_get ()
   return a_inst.get (); 
 }
 
+static int s_sp = 0;
+
+int A::sp_i_get ()
+{
+  return s_sp;
+}
+
+void A::sp_i_set (int v)
+{
+  s_sp = v + 1;
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Implementation of B
 
@@ -1253,6 +1265,8 @@ static gsi::Class<A> decl_a ("", "A",
   gsi::method ("a9b", &A::a9b) +
   gsi::method ("a20", &A::a20) +
   gsi::method ("a20_get", &A::a20_get) +
+  gsi::method ("sp_i", &A::sp_i_get) +
+  gsi::method ("sp_i=", &A::sp_i_set) +
   gsi::method ("to_s", &A::to_s) +
   gsi::iterator ("a6", &A::a6b, &A::a6e) +
   gsi::iterator ("a7", &A::a7b, &A::a7e) +
diff --git a/src/gsi/gsi_test/gsiTest.h b/src/gsi/gsi_test/gsiTest.h
index f3b517f67..c2b4bf58b 100644
--- a/src/gsi/gsi_test/gsiTest.h
+++ b/src/gsi/gsi_test/gsiTest.h
@@ -415,6 +415,10 @@ struct A
 
   std::string to_s () const;
 
+  //  static (class) properties
+  static int sp_i_get ();
+  static void sp_i_set (int v);
+
   //  members
   std::vector<double> m_d;
   int n;
diff --git a/testdata/python/basic.py b/testdata/python/basic.py
index 8ed875c28..a0b39a025 100644
--- a/testdata/python/basic.py
+++ b/testdata/python/basic.py
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ class BasicTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
   def test_00(self):
 
+    # does not work with all Python versions
+    # (debugging shows that Python calls the setter on the metaclass,
+    # not on the class itself at least on 3.12)
+    # # static (class) properties
+    # pya.A.sp_i = 17
+    # self.assertEqual(pya.A.sp_i, 18)
+    # pya.A.sp_i = -1
+    # self.assertEqual(pya.A.sp_i, 0)
+
     # all references of PA are released now:
     ic0 = pya.A.instance_count()
 
diff --git a/testdata/ruby/basic_testcore.rb b/testdata/ruby/basic_testcore.rb
index ec073d8b5..72a8d1e02 100644
--- a/testdata/ruby/basic_testcore.rb
+++ b/testdata/ruby/basic_testcore.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ class Basic_TestClass < TestBase
     # for testing the ut logger:
     puts "Special chars: <&>"
 
+    # static (class) properties
+    RBA::A.sp_i = 17
+    assert_equal( RBA::A.sp_i, 18 )
+    RBA::A.sp_i = -1
+    assert_equal( RBA::A.sp_i, 0 )
+
     GC.start 
     
     # all references of A are released now: