diff --git a/grammar.js b/grammar.js
index 011da62..e5a793e 100644
--- a/grammar.js
+++ b/grammar.js
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ module.exports = grammar({
             ),
             optional($.script_part)
         ),
+        static_modifier: $ => 'static',
         import_statement: $ => seq(
             'import',
-            optional('static'),
+            optional($.static_modifier),
             field('name',
                 seq(
                     $.identifier,
diff --git a/src/grammar.json b/src/grammar.json
index 5dc5428..0a38c1b 100644
--- a/src/grammar.json
+++ b/src/grammar.json
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    "static_modifier": {
+      "type": "STRING",
+      "value": "static"
+    },
     "import_statement": {
       "type": "SEQ",
       "members": [
@@ -105,8 +109,8 @@
           "type": "CHOICE",
           "members": [
             {
-              "type": "STRING",
-              "value": "static"
+              "type": "SYMBOL",
+              "name": "static_modifier"
             },
             {
               "type": "BLANK"
diff --git a/src/node-types.json b/src/node-types.json
index a85ed09..9d1eaf3 100644
--- a/src/node-types.json
+++ b/src/node-types.json
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
           }
         ]
       }
+    },
+    "children": {
+      "multiple": false,
+      "required": false,
+      "types": [
+        {
+          "type": "static_modifier",
+          "named": true
+        }
+      ]
     }
   },
   {
@@ -179,7 +189,7 @@
     "named": false
   },
   {
-    "type": "static",
-    "named": false
+    "type": "static_modifier",
+    "named": true
   }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 19486d3..54e676c 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 #define PRODUCTION_ID_COUNT 9
 
 enum {
-  anon_sym_import = 1,
-  anon_sym_static = 2,
+  sym_static_modifier = 1,
+  anon_sym_import = 2,
   anon_sym_DOT = 3,
   anon_sym_STAR = 4,
   sym__shebang_comment = 5,
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ enum {
 
 static const char * const ts_symbol_names[] = {
   [ts_builtin_sym_end] = "end",
+  [sym_static_modifier] = "static_modifier",
   [anon_sym_import] = "import",
-  [anon_sym_static] = "static",
   [anon_sym_DOT] = ".",
   [anon_sym_STAR] = "*",
   [sym__shebang_comment] = "_shebang_comment",
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ static const char * const ts_symbol_names[] = {
 
 static const TSSymbol ts_symbol_map[] = {
   [ts_builtin_sym_end] = ts_builtin_sym_end,
+  [sym_static_modifier] = sym_static_modifier,
   [anon_sym_import] = anon_sym_import,
-  [anon_sym_static] = anon_sym_static,
   [anon_sym_DOT] = anon_sym_DOT,
   [anon_sym_STAR] = anon_sym_STAR,
   [sym__shebang_comment] = sym__shebang_comment,
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ static const TSSymbolMetadata ts_symbol_metadata[] = {
     .visible = false,
     .named = true,
   },
-  [anon_sym_import] = {
+  [sym_static_modifier] = {
     .visible = true,
-    .named = false,
+    .named = true,
   },
-  [anon_sym_static] = {
+  [anon_sym_import] = {
     .visible = true,
     .named = false,
   },
@@ -432,14 +432,14 @@ static bool ts_lex(TSLexer *lexer, TSStateId state) {
       ACCEPT_TOKEN(ts_builtin_sym_end);
       END_STATE();
     case 11:
-      ACCEPT_TOKEN(anon_sym_import);
+      ACCEPT_TOKEN(sym_static_modifier);
       if (('0' <= lookahead && lookahead <= '9') ||
           ('A' <= lookahead && lookahead <= 'Z') ||
           lookahead == '_' ||
           ('a' <= lookahead && lookahead <= 'z')) ADVANCE(35);
       END_STATE();
     case 12:
-      ACCEPT_TOKEN(anon_sym_static);
+      ACCEPT_TOKEN(anon_sym_import);
       if (('0' <= lookahead && lookahead <= '9') ||
           ('A' <= lookahead && lookahead <= 'Z') ||
           lookahead == '_' ||
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static bool ts_lex(TSLexer *lexer, TSStateId state) {
       END_STATE();
     case 21:
       ACCEPT_TOKEN(sym_identifier);
-      if (lookahead == 'c') ADVANCE(12);
+      if (lookahead == 'c') ADVANCE(11);
       if (('0' <= lookahead && lookahead <= '9') ||
           ('A' <= lookahead && lookahead <= 'Z') ||
           lookahead == '_' ||
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static bool ts_lex(TSLexer *lexer, TSStateId state) {
       END_STATE();
     case 33:
       ACCEPT_TOKEN(sym_identifier);
-      if (lookahead == 't') ADVANCE(11);
+      if (lookahead == 't') ADVANCE(12);
       if (('0' <= lookahead && lookahead <= '9') ||
           ('A' <= lookahead && lookahead <= 'Z') ||
           lookahead == '_' ||
@@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ static const TSLexMode ts_lex_modes[STATE_COUNT] = {
 static const uint16_t ts_parse_table[LARGE_STATE_COUNT][SYMBOL_COUNT] = {
   [0] = {
     [ts_builtin_sym_end] = ACTIONS(1),
+    [sym_static_modifier] = ACTIONS(1),
     [anon_sym_import] = ACTIONS(1),
-    [anon_sym_static] = ACTIONS(1),
     [anon_sym_DOT] = ACTIONS(1),
     [anon_sym_STAR] = ACTIONS(1),
     [sym__shebang_comment] = ACTIONS(1),
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ static const uint16_t ts_small_parse_table[] = {
       sym_identifier,
   [475] = 2,
     ACTIONS(139), 1,
-      anon_sym_static,
+      sym_static_modifier,
     ACTIONS(141), 1,
       sym_identifier,
   [482] = 2,
diff --git a/test/corpus/import statements.txt b/test/corpus/import statements.txt
index ad11fd3..12bab69 100644
--- a/test/corpus/import statements.txt	
+++ b/test/corpus/import statements.txt	
@@ -45,3 +45,15 @@ import qq.ss; import flobble.*;
     (identifier))
   (import_statement
     (identifier)))
+
+================================================================================
+static import
+================================================================================
+import static qq.q.*;
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(source_file
+  (import_statement
+    (static_modifier)
+    (identifier)
+    (identifier)))