diff --git a/java/kotlin-extractor/src/main/kotlin/KotlinFileExtractor.kt b/java/kotlin-extractor/src/main/kotlin/KotlinFileExtractor.kt
index 1c2ed959caf2..79e6ce731202 100644
--- a/java/kotlin-extractor/src/main/kotlin/KotlinFileExtractor.kt
+++ b/java/kotlin-extractor/src/main/kotlin/KotlinFileExtractor.kt
@@ -3903,7 +3903,12 @@ open class KotlinFileExtractor(
 
         val prop =
             getPropertiesByFqName(pluginContext, propertyPkg, propertyName)
-                .firstOrNull { it.owner.parentClassOrNull?.fqNameWhenAvailable?.asString() == type }
+                .firstOrNull {
+                    val owner = it.owner
+                    owner.parentClassOrNull?.fqNameWhenAvailable?.asString() == type ||
+                        (owner.parent is IrExternalPackageFragment &&
+                            getFileClassFqName(owner)?.asString() == type)
+                }
                 ?.owner
 
         if (prop != null) {
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2026-05-30-kclass-java-arg-k2-fix.md b/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2026-05-30-kclass-java-arg-k2-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a51d3919801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2026-05-30-kclass-java-arg-k2-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: majorAnalysis
+---
+* Fixed an issue where `Foo::class.java` arguments were dropped during extraction under the Kotlin K2 compiler, which could cause false positives in queries such as `java/android/implicit-pendingintents`.
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diff --git a/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/Test.kt b/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/Test.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3bfc80fd03e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/Test.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class Target
+
+class KClassJavaArg {
+    fun consume(c: Class<*>) {}
+
+    fun test() {
+        // `Target::class.java` must be extracted as the argument to `consume`.
+        consume(Target::class.java)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/options b/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/options
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fad4721475b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/options
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// codeql-extractor-kotlin-options: -language-version 2.0 -api-version 2.0
diff --git a/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/test.expected b/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/test.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7410c1676f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/test.expected
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+| consume | Class<Target> |
diff --git a/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/test.ql b/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/test.ql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e4b98d76d1cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test-kotlin2/library-tests/kclass-java-arg/test.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import java
+
+from MethodCall mc, Argument arg
+where mc.getMethod().hasName("consume") and arg = mc.getAnArgument()
+select mc.getMethod().getName(), arg.getType().getName()