diff --git a/stub/spl.zep b/stub/spl.zep
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index 000000000..2f6b91921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stub/spl.zep
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+namespace Stub;
+
+class Spl
+{
+    /**
+     * @issue https://github.com/zephir-lang/zephir/issues/1212
+     */
+    public static function issue1212(string file)
+    {
+        return new \SplFileObject(file);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Extension/SplTest.php b/tests/Extension/SplTest.php
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+++ b/tests/Extension/SplTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of the Zephir.
+ *
+ * (c) Phalcon Team <team@zephir-lang.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view
+ * the LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Extension;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Stub\Spl;
+
+final class SplTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @issue https://github.com/zephir-lang/zephir/issues/1212
+     */
+    public function testIssue1212(): void
+    {
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(\SplFileObject::class, Spl::issue1212(__DIR__ . '/../fixtures/class-empty.php'));
+    }
+}