diff --git a/src/Generator/Passes/MoveFunctionToClassPass.cs b/src/Generator/Passes/MoveFunctionToClassPass.cs
index 54ec0f9d..d5e6e205 100644
--- a/src/Generator/Passes/MoveFunctionToClassPass.cs
+++ b/src/Generator/Passes/MoveFunctionToClassPass.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ namespace CppSharp.Passes
             if (@class != null)
                 MoveFunction(function, @class);
 
+            if (function.IsOperator)
+                function.ExplicityIgnored = true;
+
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@ namespace CppSharp.Passes
                 IsStatic = true
             };
 
+            function.ExplicityIgnored = true;
+
             if (method.OperatorKind != CXXOperatorKind.None)
             {
                 var param = function.Parameters[0];
@@ -54,8 +59,6 @@ namespace CppSharp.Passes
                 method.OriginalFunction = null;
             }
 
-            function.ExplicityIgnored = true;
-
             @class.Methods.Add(method);
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Basic/Basic.cpp b/tests/Basic/Basic.cpp
index c1677463..7cd88cbe 100644
--- a/tests/Basic/Basic.cpp
+++ b/tests/Basic/Basic.cpp
@@ -207,3 +207,8 @@ int test(basic& s)
 {
     return 5;
 }
+
+Bar::Item operator |(Bar::Item left, Bar::Item right)
+{
+    return left | right;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Basic/Basic.h b/tests/Basic/Basic.h
index 7eecc2ef..ffb4b2f7 100644
--- a/tests/Basic/Basic.h
+++ b/tests/Basic/Basic.h
@@ -233,3 +233,5 @@ struct DLL_API TestDelegates
     DelegateInClass A;
     DelegateInGlobalNamespace B;
 };
+
+DLL_API Bar::Item operator |(Bar::Item left, Bar::Item right);