diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Type.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Type.qll
index 1755442545d..1d8e0f81e97 100755
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Type.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/Type.qll
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ class Interface extends ClassOrInterface, @interface {
 /** A class or interface. */
 class ClassOrInterface extends RefType, @classorinterface {
   /** Holds if this class or interface is local. */
-  predicate isLocal() { isLocalClassOrInterface(this, _) }
+  predicate isLocal() { isLocalClassOrInterface(this.getSourceDeclaration(), _) }
 
   /** Holds if this class or interface is package protected, that is, neither public nor private nor protected. */
   predicate isPackageProtected() {
diff --git a/java/ql/test/library-tests/localclasses/Test.java b/java/ql/test/library-tests/localclasses/Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1765b48439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/library-tests/localclasses/Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+public class Test {
+
+  public static void method() {
+
+    class GenericLocal<T> { }
+
+    GenericLocal<Integer> instantiated = new GenericLocal<>();
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/ql/test/library-tests/localclasses/test.expected b/java/ql/test/library-tests/localclasses/test.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca17141b224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/library-tests/localclasses/test.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+| Test$1GenericLocal.class:0:0:0:0 | GenericLocal<Integer> |
+| Test.java:5:11:5:22 | GenericLocal |
diff --git a/java/ql/test/library-tests/localclasses/test.ql b/java/ql/test/library-tests/localclasses/test.ql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1120279f1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/library-tests/localclasses/test.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import java
+
+from ClassOrInterface ci
+where
+  ci.getSourceDeclaration().fromSource() and
+  ci.isLocal()
+select ci