diff --git a/ts2panda/src/syntaxChecker.ts b/ts2panda/src/syntaxChecker.ts
index 0d179e1f969005cd6b3c983beed57958bc29d7b7..6dd3df639face61acb9d00e85694f1d5407afe21 100644
--- a/ts2panda/src/syntaxChecker.ts
+++ b/ts2panda/src/syntaxChecker.ts
@@ -355,14 +355,14 @@ function checkMetaProperty(node: ts.MetaProperty) {
                 throw new DiagnosticError(node, DiagnosticCode._0_is_not_a_valid_meta_property_for_keyword_1_Did_you_mean_2, file, args);
             }
 
-            if (!getContainingFunction(node)) {
+            let func = getContainingFunctionDeclaration(node);
+            if (!func) {
                 throw new DiagnosticError(node, DiagnosticCode.Meta_property_0_is_only_allowed_in_the_body_of_a_function_declaration_function_expression_or_constructor, file, args);
             } else {
-                let func = getContainingFunctionDeclaration(node);
-                while (getContainingFunctionDeclaration(func!)) {
-                    func = getContainingFunctionDeclaration(func!);
+                if (ts.isMethodDeclaration(func)) {
+                    throw new DiagnosticError(node, DiagnosticCode.Meta_property_0_is_only_allowed_in_the_body_of_a_function_declaration_function_expression_or_constructor, file, args);
                 }
-                if (func && ts.isArrowFunction(func)) {
+                if (ts.isArrowFunction(func) && !jshelpers.getNewTargetContainer(node)) {
                     throw new DiagnosticError(node, DiagnosticCode.Meta_property_0_is_only_allowed_in_the_body_of_a_function_declaration_function_expression_or_constructor, file, args);
                 }
             }