diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/ClassMethod.php b/lib/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/ClassMethod.php
index 41f099d..c1bd577 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/ClassMethod.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/ClassMethod.php
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ class ClassMethod extends Node\Stmt implements FunctionLike
     }
 
     public function isPublic() {
-        return ($this->type & Class_::MODIFIER_PUBLIC) !== 0 || (!$this->isPrivate() && !$this->isProtected());
+        return ($this->type & Class_::MODIFIER_PUBLIC) !== 0
+            || ($this->type & Class_::VISIBILITY_MODIFER_MASK) === 0;
     }
 
     public function isProtected() {
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/Property.php b/lib/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/Property.php
index 295f369..58052f7 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/Property.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/Property.php
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ class Property extends Node\Stmt
     }
 
     public function isPublic() {
-        return ($this->type & Class_::MODIFIER_PUBLIC) !== 0 || $this->type === 0;
+        return ($this->type & Class_::MODIFIER_PUBLIC) !== 0
+            || ($this->type & Class_::VISIBILITY_MODIFER_MASK) === 0;
     }
 
     public function isProtected() {
diff --git a/test/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/PropertyTest.php b/test/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/PropertyTest.php
index a7efcd3..bcfc0c6 100644
--- a/test/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/PropertyTest.php
+++ b/test/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/PropertyTest.php
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ class PropertyTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertFalse($node->isStatic());
     }
 
+    public function testStaticImplicitlyPublic() {
+        $node = new Property(Class_::MODIFIER_STATIC, array());
+        $this->assertTrue($node->isPublic());
+        $this->assertFalse($node->isProtected());
+        $this->assertFalse($node->isPrivate());
+        $this->assertTrue($node->isStatic());
+    }
+
     public function provideModifiers() {
         return array(
             array('public'),