diff --git a/src/Sudo.php b/src/Sudo.php
index 0015cbc7..a84f31da 100644
--- a/src/Sudo.php
+++ b/src/Sudo.php
@@ -95,7 +95,13 @@ public static function fetchStaticProperty($class, string $property)
     public static function assignStaticProperty($class, string $property, $value)
     {
         $prop = self::getProperty(new \ReflectionClass($class), $property);
-        $prop->setValue($value);
+        $refl = $prop->getDeclaringClass();
+
+        if (\method_exists($refl, 'setStaticPropertyValue')) {
+            $refl->setStaticPropertyValue($property, $value);
+        } else {
+            $prop->setValue($value);
+        }
 
         return $value;
     }