diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/inl.c b/src/cmd/gc/inl.c
index f80aa9559b..7fc09025ba 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gc/inl.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/inl.c
@@ -797,6 +797,12 @@ inlvar(Node *var)
 	n->class = PAUTO;
 	n->used = 1;
 	n->curfn = curfn;   // the calling function, not the called one
+
+	// esc pass wont run if we're inlining into a iface wrapper
+	// luckily, we can steal the results from the target func
+	if(var->esc == EscHeap)
+		addrescapes(n);
+
 	curfn->dcl = list(curfn->dcl, n);
 	return n;
 }
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue5056.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue5056.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2cde2a501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue5056.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// run
+
+// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// issue 5056: escape analysis not applied to wrapper functions
+
+package main
+
+type Foo int16
+
+func (f Foo) Esc() *int{
+	x := int(f)
+	return &x
+}
+
+type iface interface {
+	Esc() *int
+}
+
+var bar, foobar *int
+
+func main() {
+	var quux iface
+	var x Foo
+	
+	quux = x
+	bar = quux.Esc()
+	foobar = quux.Esc()
+	if bar == foobar {
+		panic("bar == foobar")
+	}
+}