diff --git a/acorn/README.md b/acorn/README.md
index ecc1d9d30..f27a99444 100644
--- a/acorn/README.md
+++ b/acorn/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ required):
   `true` allows to have top-level `await` expressions. They are
   still not allowed in non-`async` functions, though.
 
+- **allowSuperOutsideMethod**: By default, `super` outside a method
+  raises an error. Set this to `true` to accept such code.
+
 - **allowHashBang**: When this is enabled (off by default), if the
   code starts with the characters `#!` (as in a shellscript), the
   first line will be treated as a comment.
diff --git a/acorn/dist/acorn.d.ts b/acorn/dist/acorn.d.ts
index c5391e4af..8e8fbbcb4 100644
--- a/acorn/dist/acorn.d.ts
+++ b/acorn/dist/acorn.d.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ declare namespace acorn {
     allowReturnOutsideFunction?: boolean
     allowImportExportEverywhere?: boolean
     allowAwaitOutsideFunction?: boolean
+    allowSuperOutsideMethod?: boolean
     allowHashBang?: boolean
     locations?: boolean
     onToken?: ((token: Token) => any) | Token[]
diff --git a/acorn/src/options.js b/acorn/src/options.js
index 787fe94bc..1cb4efbdf 100644
--- a/acorn/src/options.js
+++ b/acorn/src/options.js
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ export const defaultOptions = {
   // When enabled, await identifiers are allowed to appear at the top-level scope,
   // but they are still not allowed in non-async functions.
   allowAwaitOutsideFunction: null,
+  // When enabled, super identifiers are not constrained to
+  // appearing in methods and do not raise an error when they appear elsewhere.
+  allowSuperOutsideMethod: null,
   // When enabled, hashbang directive in the beginning of file
   // is allowed and treated as a line comment.
   allowHashBang: false,
diff --git a/acorn/src/state.js b/acorn/src/state.js
index 70d2acec9..97c711a93 100644
--- a/acorn/src/state.js
+++ b/acorn/src/state.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export class Parser {
   get inAsync() { return (this.currentVarScope().flags & SCOPE_ASYNC) > 0 && !this.currentVarScope().inClassFieldInit }
   get allowSuper() {
     const {flags, inClassFieldInit} = this.currentThisScope()
-    return (flags & SCOPE_SUPER) > 0 || inClassFieldInit
+    return (flags & SCOPE_SUPER) > 0 || inClassFieldInit || this.options.allowSuperOutsideMethod
   }
   get allowDirectSuper() { return (this.currentThisScope().flags & SCOPE_DIRECT_SUPER) > 0 }
   get treatFunctionsAsVar() { return this.treatFunctionsAsVarInScope(this.currentScope()) }
diff --git a/test/tests.js b/test/tests.js
index ffcb276d2..8d833f462 100644
--- a/test/tests.js
+++ b/test/tests.js
@@ -26966,6 +26966,7 @@ test("a.in / b", {
 // A number of slash-disambiguation corner cases
 test("return {} / 2", {}, {allowReturnOutsideFunction: true});
 test("return\n{}\n/foo/", {}, {allowReturnOutsideFunction: true});
+test("function f() {super.foo()}", {}, {allowSuperOutsideMethod: true, allowReserved: true});
 test("+{} / 2", {});
 test("{}\n/foo/", {});
 test("x++\n{}\n/foo/", {});