diff --git a/java/kotlin-extractor/src/main/kotlin/KotlinFileExtractor.kt b/java/kotlin-extractor/src/main/kotlin/KotlinFileExtractor.kt
index d29eec867ab..6803485a3d0 100644
--- a/java/kotlin-extractor/src/main/kotlin/KotlinFileExtractor.kt
+++ b/java/kotlin-extractor/src/main/kotlin/KotlinFileExtractor.kt
@@ -733,6 +733,8 @@ open class KotlinFileExtractor(
                 val locId = tw.getWholeFileLocation()
                 tw.writeHasLocation(clinitId, locId)
 
+                addModifiers(clinitId, "static")
+
                 // add and return body block:
                 Pair(extractBlockBody(clinitId, locId), clinitId)
             }
diff --git a/java/ql/test/kotlin/library-tests/methods/methods.expected b/java/ql/test/kotlin/library-tests/methods/methods.expected
index 8ee20aac587..6a86ea6bf5b 100644
--- a/java/ql/test/kotlin/library-tests/methods/methods.expected
+++ b/java/ql/test/kotlin/library-tests/methods/methods.expected
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 methods
-| clinit.kt:0:0:0:0 | ClinitKt | clinit.kt:0:0:0:0 | <clinit> | <clinit>() |  | Compiler generated |
+| clinit.kt:0:0:0:0 | ClinitKt | clinit.kt:0:0:0:0 | <clinit> | <clinit>() | static | Compiler generated |
 | clinit.kt:0:0:0:0 | ClinitKt | clinit.kt:3:1:3:24 | getTopLevelInt | getTopLevelInt() | public, static | Compiler generated |
 | clinit.kt:0:0:0:0 | ClinitKt | clinit.kt:3:1:3:24 | setTopLevelInt | setTopLevelInt(int) | public, static | Compiler generated |
 | dataClass.kt:1:1:1:47 | DataClass | dataClass.kt:0:0:0:0 | component1 | component1() | public | Compiler generated |
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ methods
 | delegates.kt:8:32:11:5 | new KMutableProperty1<MyClass,String>(...) { ... } | delegates.kt:8:32:11:5 | set | set(MyClass,java.lang.String) | override, public |  |
 | delegates.kt:8:32:11:5 | new KMutableProperty1<MyClass,String>(...) { ... } | delegates.kt:8:32:11:5 | set | set(MyClass,java.lang.String) | override, public |  |
 | delegates.kt:8:66:11:5 | new Function3<KProperty<?>,String,String,Unit>(...) { ... } | delegates.kt:8:66:11:5 | invoke | invoke(kotlin.reflect.KProperty,java.lang.String,java.lang.String) | override, public |  |
-| enumClass.kt:1:1:4:1 | EnumClass | enumClass.kt:0:0:0:0 | <clinit> | <clinit>() |  | Compiler generated |
+| enumClass.kt:1:1:4:1 | EnumClass | enumClass.kt:0:0:0:0 | <clinit> | <clinit>() | static | Compiler generated |
 | enumClass.kt:1:1:4:1 | EnumClass | enumClass.kt:0:0:0:0 | valueOf | valueOf(java.lang.String) | public, static | Compiler generated |
 | enumClass.kt:1:1:4:1 | EnumClass | enumClass.kt:0:0:0:0 | values | values() | public, static | Compiler generated |
 | enumClass.kt:1:1:4:1 | EnumClass | enumClass.kt:1:22:1:31 | getV | getV() | public | Compiler generated |
-| enumClass.kt:6:1:16:1 | EnumWithFunctions | enumClass.kt:0:0:0:0 | <clinit> | <clinit>() |  | Compiler generated |
+| enumClass.kt:6:1:16:1 | EnumWithFunctions | enumClass.kt:0:0:0:0 | <clinit> | <clinit>() | static | Compiler generated |
 | enumClass.kt:6:1:16:1 | EnumWithFunctions | enumClass.kt:0:0:0:0 | valueOf | valueOf(java.lang.String) | public, static | Compiler generated |
 | enumClass.kt:6:1:16:1 | EnumWithFunctions | enumClass.kt:0:0:0:0 | values | values() | public, static | Compiler generated |
 | enumClass.kt:6:1:16:1 | EnumWithFunctions | enumClass.kt:13:12:13:29 | f | f(int) | public |  |