diff --git a/src/items.rs b/src/items.rs
index 68715252ce9..92670947e71 100644
--- a/src/items.rs
+++ b/src/items.rs
@@ -1118,13 +1118,18 @@ impl<'a> FmtVisitor<'a> {
 }
 
 pub fn rewrite_static(prefix: &str,
+                      vis: ast::Visibility,
                       ident: ast::Ident,
                       ty: &ast::Ty,
                       mutability: ast::Mutability,
                       expr: &ast::Expr,
                       context: &RewriteContext)
                       -> Option<String> {
-    let prefix = format!("{} {}{}: ", prefix, format_mutability(mutability), ident);
+    let prefix = format!("{}{} {}{}: ",
+                         format_visibility(vis),
+                         prefix,
+                         format_mutability(mutability),
+                         ident);
     // 2 = " =".len()
     let ty_str = try_opt!(ty.rewrite(context,
                                      context.config.max_width - context.block_indent.width() -
diff --git a/src/visitor.rs b/src/visitor.rs
index fb3b25eab22..2264aaa94af 100644
--- a/src/visitor.rs
+++ b/src/visitor.rs
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ impl<'a, 'v> visit::Visitor<'v> for FmtVisitor<'a> {
             }
             ast::Item_::ItemStatic(ref ty, mutability, ref expr) => {
                 let rewrite = rewrite_static("static",
+                                             item.vis,
                                              item.ident,
                                              ty,
                                              mutability,
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ impl<'a, 'v> visit::Visitor<'v> for FmtVisitor<'a> {
             }
             ast::Item_::ItemConst(ref ty, ref expr) => {
                 let rewrite = rewrite_static("const",
+                                             item.vis,
                                              item.ident,
                                              ty,
                                              ast::Mutability::MutImmutable,
diff --git a/tests/source/static.rs b/tests/source/static.rs
index 00688732fe7..6315b489046 100644
--- a/tests/source/static.rs
+++ b/tests/source/static.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-pub const FILE_GENERIC_READ: DWORD =
+const FILE_GENERIC_READ: DWORD =
                 STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ | FILE_READ_DATA |
                 FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES | FILE_READ_EA | SYNCHRONIZE;
 
-pub static boolnames: &'static[&'static str] = &["bw", "am", "xsb", "xhp", "xenl", "eo",
+static boolnames: &'static[&'static str] = &["bw", "am", "xsb", "xhp", "xenl", "eo",
     "gn", "hc", "km", "hs", "in", "db", "da", "mir", "msgr", "os", "eslok", "xt", "hz", "ul", "xon",
     "nxon", "mc5i", "chts", "nrrmc", "npc", "ndscr", "ccc", "bce", "hls", "xhpa", "crxm", "daisy",
     "xvpa", "sam", "cpix", "lpix", "OTbs", "OTns", "OTnc", "OTMT", "OTNL", "OTpt", "OTxr"];
 
 static mut name: SomeType = aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa;
+
+ pub   static   count  :  u8  = 10 ;
+
+pub const test: &Type = &val;
diff --git a/tests/target/static.rs b/tests/target/static.rs
index 02223f59ca7..ffaeb0890d3 100644
--- a/tests/target/static.rs
+++ b/tests/target/static.rs
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ static boolnames: &'static [&'static str] = &["bw", "am", "xsb", "xhp", "xenl",
 
 static mut name: SomeType =
     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa;
+
+pub static count: u8 = 10;
+
+pub const test: &Type = &val;