diff --git a/Objective-J/ObjJAcornCompiler.js b/Objective-J/ObjJAcornCompiler.js
index 79646a0e6..0e9d16f98 100644
--- a/Objective-J/ObjJAcornCompiler.js
+++ b/Objective-J/ObjJAcornCompiler.js
@@ -2381,9 +2381,9 @@ Reference: function(node, st, c) {
         buffer.concat(" "); // Add an extra space if it looks something like this: "return(<expression>)". No space between return and expression.
     }
     buffer.concat("function(__input) { if (arguments.length) return ");
-    buffer.concat(node.element.name);
+    c(node.element, st, "Expression");
     buffer.concat(" = __input; return ");
-    buffer.concat(node.element.name);
+    c(node.element, st, "Expression");
     buffer.concat("; }");
     if (!generate) compiler.lastPos = node.end;
 },
diff --git a/Tests/Objective-J/Preprocessor/OutputTests/Misc/ref-self.j b/Tests/Objective-J/Preprocessor/OutputTests/Misc/ref-self.j
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d94fa2450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Objective-J/Preprocessor/OutputTests/Misc/ref-self.j
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+@implementation TC
+{
+    id _control;
+}
+
+- (id)a
+{
+    @ref(_control);
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/Tests/Objective-J/Preprocessor/OutputTests/Misc/ref-self.js b/Tests/Objective-J/Preprocessor/OutputTests/Misc/ref-self.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..778d931d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Objective-J/Preprocessor/OutputTests/Misc/ref-self.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{var the_class = objj_allocateClassPair(Nil, "TC"),
+meta_class = the_class.isa;class_addIvars(the_class, [new objj_ivar("_control")]);objj_registerClassPair(the_class);
+class_addMethods(the_class, [new objj_method(sel_getUid("a"), function $TC__a(self, _cmd)
+{
+    function(__input) { if (arguments.length) return self._control = __input; return self._control; };
+}
+
+,["id"])]);
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Objective-J/Preprocessor/OutputTests/OutputTest.j b/Tests/Objective-J/Preprocessor/OutputTests/OutputTest.j
index a94c74f3b..fcd96ba3c 100644
--- a/Tests/Objective-J/Preprocessor/OutputTests/OutputTest.j
+++ b/Tests/Objective-J/Preprocessor/OutputTests/OutputTest.j
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var FILENAMES = [
         "Misc/regex-simple-char-classes",
         "Misc/empty-loops",
         "Misc/empty-statements",
+        "Misc/ref-self",
 ];
 
 @implementation OutputTest : OJTestCase