diff --git a/infer/src/IR/HilExp.ml b/infer/src/IR/HilExp.ml
index 3e9e822aa..cc464fc8b 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/HilExp.ml
+++ b/infer/src/IR/HilExp.ml
@@ -350,9 +350,8 @@ let rec get_typ tenv = function
   | Constant (Cfloat _) ->
       Some (Typ.mk (Typ.Tfloat Typ.FFloat))
   | Constant (Cclass _) ->
-      (* TODO: this only happens in Java. We probably need to change it to `Cclass of Typ.Name.t`
-         to give a useful result here *)
-      None
+      let typ = Typ.(mk (Tstruct Name.Java.java_lang_class)) in
+      Some Typ.(mk (Tptr (typ, Pk_pointer)))
   | Constant (Cstr _) ->
       (* TODO: this will need to behave differently depending on whether we're in C++ or Java *)
       None
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Typ.ml b/infer/src/IR/Typ.ml
index 762c1af36..0e9135523 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Typ.ml
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Typ.ml
@@ -462,12 +462,14 @@ module Name = struct
 
     let is_class = function JavaClass _ -> true | _ -> false
 
-    let java_lang_object = from_string "java.lang.Object"
-
     let java_io_serializable = from_string "java.io.Serializable"
 
+    let java_lang_class = from_string "java.lang.Class"
+
     let java_lang_cloneable = from_string "java.lang.Cloneable"
 
+    let java_lang_object = from_string "java.lang.Object"
+
     let split_typename typename = Split.of_string (name typename)
 
     let get_outer_class class_name =
@@ -1436,6 +1438,7 @@ module Fieldname = struct
     | _ ->
         None
 
+
   module Clang = struct
     let from_class_name class_name field_name = Clang {class_name; field_name}
   end
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Typ.mli b/infer/src/IR/Typ.mli
index a0dc9d129..bfd332129 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Typ.mli
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Typ.mli
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ module Name : sig
     val java_io_serializable : t
 
     val java_lang_cloneable : t
+
+    val java_lang_class : t
   end
 
   module Cpp : sig
diff --git a/infer/src/concurrency/starvation.ml b/infer/src/concurrency/starvation.ml
index 2e3e0c1a8..d4d646d89 100644
--- a/infer/src/concurrency/starvation.ml
+++ b/infer/src/concurrency/starvation.ml
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ end)
 (* using an indentifier for a class object, create an access path representing that lock;
    this is for synchronizing on Java class objects only *)
 let lock_of_class =
-  let type_name = Typ.Name.Java.from_string "java.lang.Class" in
-  let typ = Typ.mk (Typ.Tstruct type_name) in
-  let typ' = Typ.mk (Typ.Tptr (typ, Typ.Pk_pointer)) in
+  let typ = Typ.(mk (Tstruct Name.Java.java_lang_class)) in
+  let typ' = Typ.(mk (Tptr (typ, Pk_pointer))) in
   fun class_id ->
     let ident = Ident.create_normal class_id 0 in
     AccessPath.of_id ident typ'