diff --git a/module/language/ecmascript/compile-tree-il.scm b/module/language/ecmascript/compile-tree-il.scm
index a9ac3e0cd..d61f7120d 100644
--- a/module/language/ecmascript/compile-tree-il.scm
+++ b/module/language/ecmascript/compile-tree-il.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; ECMAScript for Guile
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2009, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2009, 2011, 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ;;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -437,9 +437,9 @@
       ((^= ,what ,val)
        (comp `(= ,what (^ ,what ,val)) e))
       ((new ,what ,args)
-       (@impl new
-              (map (lambda (x) (comp x e))
-                   (cons what args))))
+       `(call ,(@implv new)
+              ,(comp what e)
+              ,@(map (lambda (x) (comp x e)) args)))
       ((delete (pref ,obj ,prop))
        (@impl pdel
               (comp obj e)
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/ecmascript.test b/test-suite/tests/ecmascript.test
index 96b1d6666..9f2731e9f 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/ecmascript.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/ecmascript.test
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;;; ecmascript.test --- ECMAScript.      -*- mode: scheme; coding: utf-8; -*-
 ;;;;
-;;;; 	Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;; 	Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ;;;;
 ;;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ;;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@
   (ecompile "\"hello\";" "hello")
   (ecompile "var test = { bar: 1 };")
 
+  (pass-if "new Object;"
+    (not (not
+          (compile (call-with-input-string "new Object;" read-ecmascript)
+                   #:from 'ecmascript
+                   #:to 'tree-il)))) ; Can't reference `Object' as value here
+
   ;; FIXME: Broken!
   ;; (ecompile "[1,2,3,4].map(function(x) { return x * x; });"
   ;;           '(1 4 9 16))