diff --git a/lib/MethodWrappers.js b/lib/MethodWrappers.js
index 2f88cca..e000a60 100644
--- a/lib/MethodWrappers.js
+++ b/lib/MethodWrappers.js
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ exports.standard = {
             return retval;
         };
 
-        retf.super = super_method;
+        // `super` is reserved and, in ES3, this causes problems with the
+        // dot-notation; while `foo.super` will work fine in modern (ES5)
+        // browsers, we need to maintain our ES3 compatibility
+        retf['super'] = super_method;
+
         return retf;
     },
 
diff --git a/test/MethodWrappersTest.js b/test/MethodWrappersTest.js
index b3d740f..6f73e7b 100644
--- a/test/MethodWrappersTest.js
+++ b/test/MethodWrappersTest.js
@@ -229,8 +229,9 @@ require( 'common' ).testCase(
         ;
 
         // we should be able to invoke the super method by override.super,
-        // which is added atop of the wrapper
-        this.assertStrictEqual( override.super(), expected );
+        // which is added atop of the wrapper (note that we quote it to avoid
+        // problems with ES3 engines)
+        this.assertStrictEqual( override['super'](), expected );
     },