diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
index 116c018a8478d86659aa4129a5e25c0b093e964a..7f0c3c1986ea78c84b17378c810d30079e7ad894 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_Configuration {
 
 	}
 	
-	public function getInstance() {
+	public static function getInstance() {
 		return self::$instance;
 	}