diff --git a/main/coreplugins/io.sarl.lang/src/io/sarl/lang/jvmmodel/SARLJvmModelInferrer.java b/main/coreplugins/io.sarl.lang/src/io/sarl/lang/jvmmodel/SARLJvmModelInferrer.java
index b82a344f5f..63c70975af 100644
--- a/main/coreplugins/io.sarl.lang/src/io/sarl/lang/jvmmodel/SARLJvmModelInferrer.java
+++ b/main/coreplugins/io.sarl.lang/src/io/sarl/lang/jvmmodel/SARLJvmModelInferrer.java
@@ -1601,13 +1601,18 @@ protected void transform(final XtendFunction source, final JvmGenericType contai
 			operation.setStatic(source.isStatic());
 			operation.setSynchronized(source.isSynchonized());
 			operation.setNative(source.isNative());
-			final boolean enableFunctionBody;
+			boolean enableFunctionBody;
 			if (container.isInterface()) {
-				enableFunctionBody = context != null && context.isAtLeastJava8()
-						&& source.getExpression() != null && !operation.isAbstract()
-						&& !operation.isStatic()
-						&& !Utils.toLightweightTypeReference(container, this.services).isSubtypeOf(Capacity.class);
-				operation.setDefault(enableFunctionBody);
+				enableFunctionBody = false;
+				if (context != null && context.isAtLeastJava8()
+						&& !Utils.toLightweightTypeReference(container, this.services).isSubtypeOf(Capacity.class)) {
+					if (operation.isStatic()) {
+						enableFunctionBody = true;
+					} else if (source.getExpression() != null && !operation.isAbstract()) {
+						enableFunctionBody = true;
+					}
+				}
+				operation.setDefault(enableFunctionBody && !operation.isStatic());
 				operation.setAbstract(!enableFunctionBody);
 				operation.setFinal(false);
 			} else {
diff --git a/tests/io.sarl.lang.tests/src/test/java/io/sarl/lang/tests/bugs/to00999/Bug724.java b/tests/io.sarl.lang.tests/src/test/java/io/sarl/lang/tests/bugs/to00999/Bug724.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e799e7122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/io.sarl.lang.tests/src/test/java/io/sarl/lang/tests/bugs/to00999/Bug724.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2017 the original authors or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.sarl.lang.tests.bugs.to00999;
+
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.Functions.Function1;
+import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.testing.CompilationTestHelper;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import io.sarl.lang.SARLVersion;
+import io.sarl.lang.sarl.SarlPackage;
+import io.sarl.lang.sarl.SarlScript;
+import io.sarl.tests.api.AbstractSarlTest;
+
+/** Testing class for issue: Invalid static function generation in interface.
+ *
+ * <p>https://github.com/sarl/sarl/issues/724
+ *
+ * @author $Author: sgalland$
+ * @version $Name$ $Revision$ $Date$
+ * @mavengroupid $GroupId$
+ * @mavenartifactid $ArtifactId$
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("all")
+public class Bug724 extends AbstractSarlTest {
+
+	private static final String SNIPSET1 = multilineString(
+			"package io.sarl.lang.tests.bug724",
+			"interface MyInterface", 
+			"{", 
+			"  static def myfct : Object {",
+			"    null",
+			"  }",
+			"  def myfct2 : Object {",
+			"    null",
+			"  }",
+			"  def myfct3 : Object",
+			"}");
+
+	private final String EXPECTED1 = multilineString(
+			"package io.sarl.lang.tests.bug724;",
+			"",
+			"import io.sarl.lang.annotation.SarlElementType;",
+			"import io.sarl.lang.annotation.SarlSpecification;",
+			"import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.Pure;",
+			"",
+			"@SarlSpecification(\"" + SARLVersion.SPECIFICATION_RELEASE_VERSION_STRING + "\")",
+			"@SarlElementType(" + SarlPackage.SARL_INTERFACE + ")",
+			"@SuppressWarnings(\"all\")",
+			"public interface MyInterface {",
+			"  @Pure",
+			"  public static Object myfct() {",
+			"    return null;",
+			"  }",
+			"  ",
+			"  @Pure",
+			"  public default Object myfct2() {",
+			"    return null;",
+			"  }",
+			"  ",
+			"  public abstract Object myfct3();",
+			"}",
+			"");
+
+	@Inject
+	private CompilationTestHelper compiler;
+
+	@Test
+	public void parsing_01() throws Exception {
+		SarlScript mas = file(SNIPSET1);
+		final Validator validator = validate(mas);
+		validator.assertNoErrors();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void compiling_01() throws Exception {
+		this.compiler.compile(SNIPSET1, (it) -> {
+			final String actual = it.getGeneratedCode("io.sarl.lang.tests.bug724.MyInterface");
+			assertEquals(EXPECTED1, actual);
+		});
+	}
+
+}