diff --git a/CassetteBase/src/CassetteBase.jl b/CassetteBase/src/CassetteBase.jl
index 264c085..d9eb62f 100644
--- a/CassetteBase/src/CassetteBase.jl
+++ b/CassetteBase/src/CassetteBase.jl
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ function transform_stmt(@nospecialize(x), map_slot_number, map_ssa_value, @nospe
     if isa(x, Expr)
         head = x.head
         if head === :call
-            return Expr(:call, SlotNumber(1), map(transform, x.args[1:end])...)
+            arg1 = x.args[1]
+            if ((arg1 === Base.cglobal || (arg1 isa GlobalRef && arg1.name === :cglobal)) ||
+                (arg1 === Core.tuple || (arg1 isa GlobalRef && arg1.name === :tuple)))
+                return Expr(:call, map(transform, x.args)...) # don't cassette this -- we still have non-linearized cglobal
+            end
+            return Expr(:call, SlotNumber(1), map(transform, x.args)...)
         elseif head === :foreigncall
             arg1 = x.args[1]
             if Meta.isexpr(arg1, :call)
diff --git a/CassetteBase/test/test_basic.jl b/CassetteBase/test/test_basic.jl
index 0a3b292..b19f134 100644
--- a/CassetteBase/test/test_basic.jl
+++ b/CassetteBase/test/test_basic.jl
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ let pass = BasicPass()
     @test pass(sin, 1) == sin(1)
     @test_throws MethodError pass("1") do x; sin(x); end
 end
+const libccalltest = "libccalltest"
+fcglobal() = unsafe_load(cglobal((:global_var, libccalltest), Cint))
+let pass = BasicPass()
+    @test pass(fcglobal) isa Cint
+end
 
 struct RaisePass end
 @eval function (pass::RaisePass)(fargs...)