diff --git a/lib/class.js b/lib/class.js
index d121025..ef67554 100644
--- a/lib/class.js
+++ b/lib/class.js
@@ -51,8 +51,25 @@ var prop_copy = function( props, dest )
         // 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 ) )
+        var pre    = dest[ property ],
+            getter = props.__lookupGetter__( property ),
+            setter = props.__lookupSetter__( property );
+
+        // check for getter/setter overrides
+        if ( getter || setter )
+        {
+            if ( getter )
+            {
+                dest.__defineGetter__( property, getter );
+            }
+
+            if ( setter )
+            {
+                dest.__defineSetter__( property, setter );
+            }
+        }
+        // check for method overrides
+        else if ( ( pre !== undefined ) && ( pre instanceof Function ) )
         {
             dest[ property ] = ( function( method, super_method )
             {
diff --git a/test/test-class-gettersetter.js b/test/test-class-gettersetter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..474309b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-class-gettersetter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/**
+ * Tests class getter/setter inheritance
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010 Mike Gerwitz
+ *
+ *  This file is part of ease.js.
+ *
+ *  ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ *  terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+ *  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ *  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *  for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @author  Mike Gerwitz
+ * @package test
+ */
+
+require( './common' );
+
+var assert = require( 'assert' ),
+    Class  = require( 'class' );
+
+
+var Foo = Class.extend(
+{
+    _foo: '',
+
+    set foo( val )
+    {
+        this._foo = ''+( val );
+    },
+
+    get foo()
+    {
+        return this._foo;
+    },
+
+    set bar( val )
+    {
+    },
+
+    get bar()
+    {
+        return 'durp';
+    },
+});
+
+var SubFoo  = Foo.extend(
+{
+    bar2: null,
+
+    set bar( val )
+    {
+        this.bar2 = val;
+    },
+
+    get bar()
+    {
+        return this.bar2;
+    },
+});
+
+var foo = new Foo(),
+    sub = new SubFoo(),
+    val = 'val';
+
+
+// ensure we have our act together before continuing
+foo.foo = val;
+assert.equal(
+    foo.foo,
+    val,
+    "Sanity check"
+);
+
+// foo should be inherited as-is (if this doesn't work, someone went out of
+// their way to break it, as it works by default!)
+sub.foo = val = 'val2';
+assert.equal(
+    sub.foo,
+    val,
+    "Subtypes should inherit getter/setters"
+);
+
+sub.bar = val = 'val3';
+assert.equal(
+    sub.bar,
+    val,
+    "Subtypes should be able to override getter/setters"
+);
+
+assert.equal(
+    sub.bar2,
+    val,
+    "Subtypes should be able to override getter/setters (check 2)"
+);
+