diff --git a/Zend/tests/bug60099.phpt b/Zend/tests/bug60099.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13e2f54b099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/bug60099.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #60099 (__halt_compiler() works in braced namespaces)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+namespace foo {
+	__halt_compiler();
+
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Fatal error: __HALT_COMPILER() can only be used from the outermost scope in %s on line %d
diff --git a/Zend/zend_compile.c b/Zend/zend_compile.c
index 204f28e239c..dde71ed549e 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_compile.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_compile.c
@@ -5311,6 +5311,11 @@ void zend_do_halt_compiler_register(TSRMLS_D) /* {{{ */
 	char *name, *cfilename;
 	char haltoff[] = "__COMPILER_HALT_OFFSET__";
 	int len, clen;
+	
+	if (CG(has_bracketed_namespaces) && CG(in_namespace)) {
+		zend_error(E_COMPILE_ERROR, "__HALT_COMPILER() can only be used from the outermost scope");
+	}
+	
 	cfilename = zend_get_compiled_filename(TSRMLS_C);
 	clen = strlen(cfilename);
 	zend_mangle_property_name(&name, &len, haltoff, sizeof(haltoff) - 1, cfilename, clen, 0);