diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7354aa9dba9..65e2fadb876 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed BC break introduced by patch for bug #67072. (Anatol)
   . Fixed bug #67390 (insecure temporary file use in the configure script).
     (Remi) (CVE-2014-3981)
+  . Fixed bug #66622 (Closures do not correctly capture the late bound class 
+    (static::) in some cases). (Levi Morrison)
 
 - Date:
   . Fixed bug #67308 (Serialize of DateTime truncates fractions of second).
diff --git a/Zend/tests/closure_bug66622.phpt b/Zend/tests/closure_bug66622.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c9577d688b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/closure_bug66622.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug 66622: Closures do not correctly capture the late bound class (static::) in some cases
+
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class A {
+    static function name() { return 'A'; }
+    function foo() {
+        $fn = function() { return static::name(); };
+        echo static::name() . ' vs ' . $fn() . "\n";
+    }
+    function bar() {
+        $fn = static function() { return static::name(); };
+        echo static::name() . ' vs ' . $fn() . "\n";
+    }
+    static function baz() {
+        $fn = function() { return static::name(); };
+        echo static::name() . ' vs ' . $fn() . "\n";
+    }
+}
+class B extends A {
+    static function name() { return 'B'; }
+}
+
+function test() {
+    (new B)->foo();
+    (new B)->bar();
+    (new B)->baz();
+    B::baz();
+}
+test();
+
+--EXPECT--
+B vs B
+B vs B
+B vs B
+B vs B
diff --git a/Zend/zend_closures.c b/Zend/zend_closures.c
index c18972a7f10..9ae82b4189f 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_closures.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_closures.c
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ ZEND_API void zend_create_closure(zval *res, zend_function *func, zend_class_ent
 		}
 	}
 
+	closure->this_ptr = NULL;
 	/* Invariants:
 	 * If the closure is unscoped, it has no bound object.
 	 * The the closure is scoped, it's either static or it's bound */
@@ -498,10 +499,7 @@ ZEND_API void zend_create_closure(zval *res, zend_function *func, zend_class_ent
 			Z_ADDREF_P(this_ptr);
 		} else {
 			closure->func.common.fn_flags |= ZEND_ACC_STATIC;
-			closure->this_ptr = NULL;
 		}
-	} else {
-		closure->this_ptr = NULL;
 	}
 }
 /* }}} */
diff --git a/Zend/zend_vm_def.h b/Zend/zend_vm_def.h
index ab33468205e..a7ad3aa6d92 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_vm_def.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_vm_def.h
@@ -5161,6 +5161,7 @@ ZEND_VM_HANDLER(153, ZEND_DECLARE_LAMBDA_FUNCTION, CONST, UNUSED)
 {
 	USE_OPLINE
 	zend_function *op_array;
+	int closure_is_static, closure_is_being_defined_inside_static_context;
 
 	SAVE_OPLINE();
 
@@ -5169,7 +5170,13 @@ ZEND_VM_HANDLER(153, ZEND_DECLARE_LAMBDA_FUNCTION, CONST, UNUSED)
 		zend_error_noreturn(E_ERROR, "Base lambda function for closure not found");
 	}
 
-	zend_create_closure(&EX_T(opline->result.var).tmp_var, op_array, EG(scope), EG(This) TSRMLS_CC);
+	closure_is_static = op_array->common.fn_flags & ZEND_ACC_STATIC;
+	closure_is_being_defined_inside_static_context = EX(prev_execute_data) && EX(prev_execute_data)->function_state.function->common.fn_flags & ZEND_ACC_STATIC;
+	if (closure_is_static || closure_is_being_defined_inside_static_context) {
+		zend_create_closure(&EX_T(opline->result.var).tmp_var, (zend_function *) op_array,  EG(called_scope), NULL TSRMLS_CC);
+	} else {
+		zend_create_closure(&EX_T(opline->result.var).tmp_var, (zend_function *) op_array,  EG(scope), EG(This) TSRMLS_CC);
+	}
 
 	CHECK_EXCEPTION();
 	ZEND_VM_NEXT_OPCODE();
diff --git a/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h b/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h
index fa997b287ea..fba5f9cc6fb 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_vm_execute.h
@@ -5847,6 +5847,7 @@ static int ZEND_FASTCALL  ZEND_DECLARE_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_SPEC_CONST_UNUSED_HANDLER
 {
 	USE_OPLINE
 	zend_function *op_array;
+	int closure_is_static, closure_is_being_defined_inside_static_context;
 
 	SAVE_OPLINE();
 
@@ -5855,7 +5856,13 @@ static int ZEND_FASTCALL  ZEND_DECLARE_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_SPEC_CONST_UNUSED_HANDLER
 		zend_error_noreturn(E_ERROR, "Base lambda function for closure not found");
 	}
 
-	zend_create_closure(&EX_T(opline->result.var).tmp_var, op_array, EG(scope), EG(This) TSRMLS_CC);
+	closure_is_static = op_array->common.fn_flags & ZEND_ACC_STATIC;
+	closure_is_being_defined_inside_static_context = EX(prev_execute_data) && EX(prev_execute_data)->function_state.function->common.fn_flags & ZEND_ACC_STATIC;
+	if (closure_is_static || closure_is_being_defined_inside_static_context) {
+		zend_create_closure(&EX_T(opline->result.var).tmp_var, (zend_function *) op_array,  EG(called_scope), NULL TSRMLS_CC);
+	} else {
+		zend_create_closure(&EX_T(opline->result.var).tmp_var, (zend_function *) op_array,  EG(scope), EG(This) TSRMLS_CC);
+	}
 
 	CHECK_EXCEPTION();
 	ZEND_VM_NEXT_OPCODE();