diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/BCodeSkelBuilder.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/BCodeSkelBuilder.scala
index 9ed88e7d1ad6..95ebf439fa6d 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/BCodeSkelBuilder.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/BCodeSkelBuilder.scala
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ trait BCodeSkelBuilder extends BCodeHelpers {
       emitAnnotations(cnode, claszSymbol.annotations ++ ssa)
 
       if (!isCZStaticModule && !isCZParcelable) {
-        val skipStaticForwarders = (claszSymbol.isInterface || claszSymbol.is(Module) || ctx.settings.XnoForwarders.value)
+        val skipStaticForwarders = (claszSymbol.is(Module) || ctx.settings.XnoForwarders.value)
         if (!skipStaticForwarders) {
           val lmoc = claszSymbol.companionModule
           // add static forwarders if there are no name conflicts; see bugs #363 and #1735
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotc/run-test-pickling.blacklist b/compiler/test/dotc/run-test-pickling.blacklist
index 873c34a19c42..ee24fb0df1cc 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotc/run-test-pickling.blacklist
+++ b/compiler/test/dotc/run-test-pickling.blacklist
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Many of these tests fail because CompilationTests.pickling does not handle
+## tests containing java files correctly
+
 derive-generic.scala
 eff-dependent.scala
 enum-java
@@ -36,4 +39,5 @@ zero-arity-case-class.scala
 i12194.scala
 i12753
 t6138
-t6138-2
\ No newline at end of file
+t6138-2
+trait-static-forwarder
diff --git a/tests/run/trait-static-forwarder.check b/tests/run/trait-static-forwarder.check
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d81cc0710eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/trait-static-forwarder.check
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+42
diff --git a/tests/run/trait-static-forwarder/Test.java b/tests/run/trait-static-forwarder/Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89012c016209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/trait-static-forwarder/Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+public final class Test {
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        System.out.println(T.foo());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/run/trait-static-forwarder/forwarders.scala b/tests/run/trait-static-forwarder/forwarders.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6ee9a081d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run/trait-static-forwarder/forwarders.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+trait T
+
+object T {
+  def foo = 42
+}