diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
index 06e83a7486100..deae517116bdd 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
@@ -2549,7 +2549,10 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
 
         let is_trivial_path = path.is_potential_trivial_const_arg()
             && matches!(res, Res::Def(DefKind::ConstParam, _));
-        let ct_kind = if is_trivial_path || tcx.features().min_generic_const_args() {
+        let ct_kind = if matches!(res, Res::Def(DefKind::Static { .. }, _)) {
+            let msg = "complex const arguments must be placed inside of a `const` block";
+            hir::ConstArgKind::Error(self.dcx().struct_span_err(span, msg).emit())
+        } else if is_trivial_path || tcx.features().min_generic_const_args() {
             let qpath = self.lower_qpath(
                 ty_id,
                 &None,
@@ -2677,6 +2680,12 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
                 ConstArg { hir_id: self.next_id(), kind: hir::ConstArgKind::Tup(exprs), span }
             }
             ExprKind::Path(qself, path) => {
+                if let Some(Res::Def(DefKind::Static { .. }, _)) =
+                    self.get_partial_res(expr.id).and_then(|partial_res| partial_res.full_res())
+                {
+                    return overly_complex_const(self);
+                }
+
                 let qpath = self.lower_qpath(
                     expr.id,
                     qself,
diff --git a/tests/ui/const-generics/mgca/static-const-arg.rs b/tests/ui/const-generics/mgca/static-const-arg.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..604d632589db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/const-generics/mgca/static-const-arg.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Regression test for #132986.
+// FIXME(min_generic_const_args): using statics as direct const arguments should error instead of
+// ICEing until const eval can evaluate statics to valtrees for const generics.
+
+#![feature(min_generic_const_args)]
+#![allow(incomplete_features)]
+
+static A: u32 = 0;
+
+struct Foo<const N: u32>;
+
+const _: Foo<{ A }> = Foo;
+//~^ ERROR complex const arguments must be placed inside of a `const` block
+
+const _: Foo<A> = Foo;
+//~^ ERROR complex const arguments must be placed inside of a `const` block
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/const-generics/mgca/static-const-arg.stderr b/tests/ui/const-generics/mgca/static-const-arg.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cae35a2aeac8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/const-generics/mgca/static-const-arg.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+error: complex const arguments must be placed inside of a `const` block
+  --> $DIR/static-const-arg.rs:12:16
+   |
+LL | const _: Foo<{ A }> = Foo;
+   |                ^
+
+error: complex const arguments must be placed inside of a `const` block
+  --> $DIR/static-const-arg.rs:15:14
+   |
+LL | const _: Foo<A> = Foo;
+   |              ^
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+