A man who fired at police while on the run has been sentenced to jail.

Rollie James Heke pleaded guilty to one representative charge of using a firearm against law enforcement, when he appeared at the High Court in Hamilton in July.

He was back in court today, where Justice Christian Whata jailed him to six years and 11 months.

That is on top of a five year five month prison sentence he is currently serving in relation to drug charges.

In August last year, Heke went on the run, and fired a military-style semi-automatic rifle at a patrol car after officers stopped him in the Waikato town of Morrinsville.

He was arrested at a property in the Kaingaora Forest township, in the Bay of Plenty.

At the time he was charged with three counts of attempted murder, but these were dropped before his sentencing today.