diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 4b5ea1a9..17c3bdb3 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -619,7 +619,11 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
 
         function mark_escaped(d, node, value, level) {
             var parent = tw.parent(level);
-            if (value instanceof AST_Constant || value instanceof AST_Function) return;
+            if (value instanceof AST_Constant
+                || value instanceof AST_Function
+                || value instanceof AST_ClassExpression) {
+                return;
+            }
             if (parent instanceof AST_Assign && parent.operator == "=" && node === parent.right
                 || parent instanceof AST_Call && node !== parent.expression
                 || parent instanceof AST_Return && node === parent.value && node.scope !== d.scope
@@ -4043,7 +4047,8 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
     function is_object(node) {
         return node instanceof AST_Array
             || node instanceof AST_Lambda
-            || node instanceof AST_Object;
+            || node instanceof AST_Object
+            || node instanceof AST_Class;
     }
 
     OPT(AST_Binary, function(self, compressor){
diff --git a/test/compress/hoist_props.js b/test/compress/hoist_props.js
index 2e8343a6..2c9bc155 100644
--- a/test/compress/hoist_props.js
+++ b/test/compress/hoist_props.js
@@ -369,3 +369,117 @@ contains_this_3: {
     }
     expect_stdout: "1 1 true"
 }
+
+hoist_class: {
+    options = {
+        comparisons: true,
+        evaluate: true,
+        hoist_props: true,
+        inline: true,
+        keep_fnames: true,
+        passes: 2,
+        reduce_vars: true,
+        toplevel: true,
+        unused: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        function run(c, v) {
+            return new c(v).value;
+        }
+        var o = {
+            p: class Foo {
+                constructor(value) {
+                    this.value = value * 10;
+                }
+            },
+            x: 1,
+            y: 2,
+        };
+        console.log(o.p.name, o.p === o.p, run(o.p, o.x), run(o.p, o.y));
+    }
+    expect: {
+        function run(c, v) {
+            return new c(v).value;
+        }
+        var o_p = class Foo {
+            constructor(value) {
+                this.value = 10 * value;
+            }
+        };
+        console.log(o_p.name, true, run(o_p, 1), run(o_p, 2));
+    }
+    node_version: ">=6"
+    expect_stdout: "Foo true 10 20"
+}
+
+hoist_class_with_new: {
+    options = {
+        comparisons: true,
+        evaluate: true,
+        hoist_props: true,
+        inline: true,
+        keep_fnames: true,
+        passes: 2,
+        reduce_vars: true,
+        toplevel: true,
+        unused: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        var o = {
+            p: class Foo {
+                constructor(value) {
+                    this.value = value * 10;
+                }
+            },
+            x: 1,
+            y: 2,
+        };
+        console.log(o.p.name, o.p === o.p, new o.p(o.x).value, new o.p(o.y).value);
+    }
+    expect: {
+        // FIXME: class `o.p` not hoisted due to `new`
+        var o = {
+            p: class Foo {
+                constructor(value) {
+                    this.value = 10 * value;
+                }
+            },
+            x: 1,
+            y: 2
+        };
+        console.log(o.p.name, o.p == o.p, new o.p(o.x).value, new o.p(o.y).value);
+    }
+    node_version: ">=6"
+    expect_stdout: "Foo true 10 20"
+}
+
+hoist_function_with_call: {
+    options = {
+        comparisons: true,
+        evaluate: true,
+        hoist_props: true,
+        inline: true,
+        keep_fnames: true,
+        passes: 2,
+        reduce_vars: true,
+        toplevel: true,
+        unused: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        var o = {
+            p: function Foo(value) {
+                return 10 * value;
+            },
+            x: 1,
+            y: 2
+        };
+        console.log(o.p.name, o.p === o.p, o.p(o.x), o.p(o.y));
+    }
+    expect: {
+        var o_p = function Foo(value){
+            return 10 * value
+        };
+        console.log(o_p.name, true, o_p(1), o_p(2));
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "Foo true 10 20"
+}