diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d6eb913..db5fb0ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 * **BREAKING** removed the deprecated `requireLibraryDirective` parameter in
   `PartBuilder`.
 
+* `Revivable` no longer throws a type error when attempting to revive a
+  reference to a top-level function or static-class method. Now is returns a
+  reference to that function or method, as expected. 
+
 ## 0.7.6
 
 * `TypeChecker` now throws an `UnresolvedAnnotationException` with a more
diff --git a/lib/src/constants/revive.dart b/lib/src/constants/revive.dart
index c458f639..8cc40a67 100644
--- a/lib/src/constants/revive.dart
+++ b/lib/src/constants/revive.dart
@@ -20,8 +20,21 @@ import '../utils.dart';
 /// build tool(s) using this library to surface error messages to the user.
 Revivable reviveInstance(DartObject object, [LibraryElement origin]) {
   origin ??= object.type.element.library;
-  var url = Uri.parse(urlOfElement(object.type.element));
-  final clazz = object?.type?.element as ClassElement;
+  final element = object.type.element;
+  var url = Uri.parse(urlOfElement(element));
+  if (element is FunctionElement) {
+    return new Revivable._(
+      source: url.removeFragment(),
+      accessor: element.name,
+    );
+  }
+  if (element is MethodElement && element.isStatic) {
+    return new Revivable._(
+      source: url.removeFragment(),
+      accessor: '${element.enclosingElement.name}.${element.name}',
+    );
+  }
+  final clazz = element as ClassElement;
   // Enums are not included in .definingCompilationUnit.types.
   if (clazz.isEnum) {
     for (final e in clazz.fields.where(
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index d77cbe6a..55de30ef 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: source_gen
-version: 0.8.0-dev
+version: 0.8.0
 author: Dart Team <misc@dartlang.org>
 description: Automated source code generation for Dart.
 homepage: https://github.com/dart-lang/source_gen
diff --git a/test/constants_test.dart b/test/constants_test.dart
index 1c6888f2..70accb9b 100644
--- a/test/constants_test.dart
+++ b/test/constants_test.dart
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ void main() {
         @VisibleClass.secret()
         @fieldOnly
         @ClassWithStaticField.staticField
+        @Wrapper(someFunction)
+        @Wrapper(Wrapper.someFunction)
         class Example {}
         
         class Int64Like {
@@ -238,6 +240,14 @@ void main() {
           static const staticField = const ClassWithStaticField._();
           const ClassWithStaticField._();
         }
+
+        class Wrapper {
+          static void someFunction(int x, String y) {}
+          final Function f;
+          const Wrapper(this.f);
+        }
+
+        void someFunction(int x, String y) {}
       ''', (resolver) => resolver.findLibraryByName('test_lib'));
       constants = library
           .getType('Example')
@@ -293,5 +303,17 @@ void main() {
       expect(fieldOnly.source.fragment, isEmpty);
       expect(fieldOnly.accessor, 'ClassWithStaticField.staticField');
     });
+
+    test('should decode top-level functions', () {
+      final fieldOnly = constants[7].read('f').revive();
+      expect(fieldOnly.source.fragment, isEmpty);
+      expect(fieldOnly.accessor, 'someFunction');
+    });
+
+    test('should decode static-class functions', () {
+      final fieldOnly = constants[8].read('f').revive();
+      expect(fieldOnly.source.fragment, isEmpty);
+      expect(fieldOnly.accessor, 'Wrapper.someFunction');
+    });
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/test_files/annotations.dart b/test/test_files/annotations.dart
index ed58cedd..b13a0909 100644
--- a/test/test_files/annotations.dart
+++ b/test/test_files/annotations.dart
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ const objectAnnotation = const {
   'null': null,
   'String': 'a string',
   'core type': bool,
-  'imported sdk type': collection.Maps,
+  'imported sdk type': collection.Queue,
   'non-core type': OtherPublicAnnotationClass
 };