diff --git a/lib/class.js b/lib/class.js
index 539ec28..ed5fa15 100644
--- a/lib/class.js
+++ b/lib/class.js
@@ -48,7 +48,35 @@ var prop_copy = function( props, dest )
     // copy each of the properties to the destination object
     for ( property in props )
     {
-        dest[ property ] = props[ property ];
+        // if the property already exists, then it's being overridden (we only
+        // care about methods - properties will simply have their values
+        // overwritten)
+        var pre = dest[ property ];
+        if ( ( pre !== undefined ) && ( pre instanceof Function ) )
+        {
+            dest[ property ] = ( function( method, super_method )
+            {
+                // this is the method that will be invoked when the requested
+                // method is called, so note that in the context of this
+                // function, `this` will represent the current class instance
+                return function()
+                {
+                    var tmp = this.__super;
+
+                    // assign _super temporarily for the method invocation so
+                    // that the method can call the parent method
+                    this.__super = super_method;
+                    var retval  = method.apply( this, arguments );
+                    this.__super = tmp;
+
+                    return retval;
+                }
+            })( props[ property ], dest[ property ] );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            dest[ property ] = props[ property ];
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/test-class-parent.js b/test/test-class-parent.js
index 55fbca8..5e52d57 100644
--- a/test/test-class-parent.js
+++ b/test/test-class-parent.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ var Foo = Class.extend(
 {
     hitMethod:  false,
     hitMethod2: false,
+    method2Arg: null,
 
     myMethod: function()
     {
@@ -38,9 +39,11 @@ var Foo = Class.extend(
         return this;
     },
 
-    myMethod2: function()
+    myMethod2: function( arg )
     {
         this.hitMethod2 = true;
+        this.method2Arg = arg;
+
         return this;
     },
 });
@@ -52,9 +55,9 @@ var SubFoo = Foo.extend(
         return this;
     },
 
-    myMethod2: function()
+    myMethod2: function( arg )
     {
-        return this._super();
+        return this.__super( arg );
     },
 });
 
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ assert.equal(
     "Sanity check"
 );
 
+var arg = 'foobar';
+sub_foo.myMethod().myMethod2( arg );
+
 // myMethod overrides without calling parent
 assert.equal(
     sub_foo.hitMethod,
@@ -81,9 +87,16 @@ assert.equal(
     "Subtype should be able to override parent properties"
 );
 
+// myMethod2 overrides parent then calls super method
 assert.equal(
     sub_foo.hitMethod2,
     true,
     "Subtype should be able to call parent method"
 );
 
+assert.equal(
+    sub_foo.method2Arg,
+    arg,
+    "Arguments should be passed to super method via _super argument list"
+);
+