diff --git a/core/Object.php b/core/Object.php
index 3c5480a..035ffae 100755
--- a/core/Object.php
+++ b/core/Object.php
@@ -356,6 +356,15 @@ abstract class Object {
            if (isset($static_properties[$class][$name])) {
                $value = $static_properties[$class][$name];

+               if($value instanceof ReflectionProperty) {
+                   // HHVM?
+                   if(function_exists('hphp_get_static_property')) {
+                       $value = hphp_get_static_property($class, $name, true);
+                   } else {
+                       $value = $value->getValue();
+                   }
+               }
+
                $parent = get_parent_class($class);
                if (!$parent) return $value;

diff --git a/tests/i18n/i18nTest.php b/tests/i18n/i18nTest.php
index 0e5af4a..efa5a66 100644
--- a/tests/i18n/i18nTest.php
+++ b/tests/i18n/i18nTest.php
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ class i18nTest extends SapphireTest {
    }

    public function testRegisterTranslator() {
+       $this->fail('No RecursiveRegexIterator');
        $translator = new Zend_Translate(array(
            'adapter' => 'i18nTest_CustomTranslatorAdapter',
            'disableNotices' => true,
@@ -487,6 +488,7 @@ class i18nTest extends SapphireTest {
    }

    public function testMultipleTranslators() {
+       $this->fail('No RecursiveRegexIterator');
        // Looping through modules, so we can test the translation autoloading
        // Load non-exclusive to retain core class autoloading
        $classManifest = new SS_ClassManifest($this->alternateBasePath, true, true, false);