diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/ClassMethod.php b/lib/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/ClassMethod.php
index 956a8be..dfdd8ab 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 || $this->type === 0;
+        return ($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 8493496..a206cc4 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/ClassMethodTest.php b/test/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/ClassMethodTest.php
index cbc168a..fa8aed8 100644
--- a/test/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/ClassMethodTest.php
+++ b/test/PhpParser/Node/Stmt/ClassMethodTest.php
@@ -36,4 +36,28 @@ class ClassMethodTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             array('static'),
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that implicit public modifier detection for method is working
+     *
+     * @dataProvider implicitPublicModifiers
+     *
+     * @param integer $modifier Node type modifier
+     */
+    public function testImplicitPublic($modifier)
+    {
+        $node = new ClassMethod('foo', array(
+            'type' => constant('PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_::MODIFIER_' . strtoupper($modifier))
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertTrue($node->isPublic(), 'Node should be implicitly public');
+    }
+
+    public function implicitPublicModifiers() {
+        return array(
+            array('abstract'),
+            array('final'),
+            array('static'),
+        );
+    }
 }
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'),