diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/node-islands/effect-gate.test.ts b/packages/compiler/src/node-islands/effect-gate.test.ts
index 3e3e16fbe..d8c5a19af 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/node-islands/effect-gate.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/node-islands/effect-gate.test.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ const v = C.x;`,
       "a read through a class expression's static getter",
       `const C = class { static get x() { return 1; } };
 const v = C.x;`,
+    ],
+    [
+      "a read through an alias of a class with a static getter",
+      `class C { static get x() { return require("fs").readFileSync("/etc/hostname"); } }
+const D = (C);
+const v = D.x;`,
     ],
     [
       "a computed key that converts an object",
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/node-islands/effect-gate.ts b/packages/compiler/src/node-islands/effect-gate.ts
index d6a1a7d2a..6515424a1 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/node-islands/effect-gate.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/node-islands/effect-gate.ts
@@ -280,6 +280,28 @@ function checkFile(parser: typeof ts, file: string, load: (file: string) => void
       else if (nb) for (const el of nb.elements) locals.set(el.name.text, "module");
     }
   }
+  // Aliasing a class (`const B = A`) gives another name for the same
+  // static members, so a read through the alias runs the same accessor.
+  // Propagate to a fixed point: an alias chain can be any length, and a
+  // class binding is initialized before any alias of it (its TDZ).
+  const aliases: [string, string][] = [];
+  for (const stmt of sf.statements) {
+    if (!parser.isVariableStatement(stmt)) continue;
+    for (const d of stmt.declarationList.declarations) {
+      if (!parser.isIdentifier(d.name) || d.initializer === undefined) continue;
+      let init: ts.Expression = d.initializer;
+      while (parser.isParenthesizedExpression(init)) init = init.expression;
+      if (parser.isIdentifier(init)) aliases.push([d.name.text, init.text]);
+    }
+  }
+  for (let changed = true; changed; ) {
+    changed = false;
+    for (const [name, source] of aliases)
+      if (locals.get(source) === "accessors" && locals.get(name) !== "accessors") {
+        locals.set(name, "accessors");
+        changed = true;
+      }
+  }
   function bindNames(name: ts.BindingName, kind: "module" | "value"): void {
     if (parser.isIdentifier(name)) locals.set(name.text, kind);
     else