diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e0beedc..b9d9053 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## 1.1.2-SNAPSHOT
 
 * Eliminate reflection warning
+* Bug fix: Fix inline compiler symbol handling so class references can be used as constants within paths
 
 ## 1.1.1 - 2018-04-23
 
diff --git a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljc b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljc
index 4401da1..8738cfd 100644
--- a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljc
+++ b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljc
@@ -166,7 +166,10 @@
                  embed (i/maybe-direct-nav path (-> s meta :direct-nav))]
              `(com.rpl.specter.impl/->LocalSym ~path (quote ~embed)))
            ;; var-get doesn't work in cljs, so capture the val in the macro instead
-           `(com.rpl.specter.impl/->VarUse ~path (var ~path) (quote ~path)))
+           `(com.rpl.specter.impl/->VarUse
+              ~path
+              ~(if-not (instance? Class (resolve path)) `(var ~path))
+              (quote ~path)))
 
 
          (i/fn-invocation? path)
diff --git a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/impl.cljc b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/impl.cljc
index 6b34a1e..fd4f602 100644
--- a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/impl.cljc
+++ b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/impl.cljc
@@ -702,16 +702,18 @@
         (preserve-map magic-precompilation* o)
 
         (instance? VarUse o)
-        (if (dynamic-var? (:avar o))
-          (->DynamicVal (maybe-direct-nav
-                         (:sym o)
-                         (or (-> o :avar direct-nav?)
-                             (-> o :sym direct-nav?))))
-          (maybe-direct-nav
-            (:val o)
-            (or (-> o :avar direct-nav?)
-                (-> o :sym direct-nav?)
-                (-> o :val direct-nav?))))
+        (let [v (:avar o)]
+          ;; v can be nil if the symbol referred to an imported class
+          (if (and v (dynamic-var? v))
+            (->DynamicVal (maybe-direct-nav
+                           (:sym o)
+                           (or (direct-nav? v)
+                               (-> o :sym direct-nav?))))
+            (maybe-direct-nav
+              (:val o)
+              (or (and v (direct-nav? v))
+                  (-> o :sym direct-nav?)
+                  (-> o :val direct-nav?)))))
 
         (instance? LocalSym o)
         (->DynamicVal (:sym o))
diff --git a/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljc b/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljc
index 17b49d2..759ab22 100644
--- a/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljc
+++ b/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljc
@@ -1679,6 +1679,12 @@
             {:a [{:b 2 :c 1}]}])))
   )
 
+#?(:clj
+  (deftest class-constant-test
+    (let [f (fn [p] (fn [v] (str p (inc v))))]
+      (is (= (str String 2) (multi-transform (s/terminal (f String)) 1)))
+      )))
+
 #?(:clj
   (do
     (defprotocolpath FooPP)