The synthesis of highly functionalized spirocarbocyclic oxindoles was accomplished for the first time, using a Hauser annulation strategy. A reaction between methyleneindolinones and arylsulfonylphthalides catalyzed by cesium carbonate gave access to a new class of biologically important spiro[indoline-3,2′-naphthalene] derivatives in very good yields. © 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim