diff --git a/java/ql/src/qlpack.yml b/java/ql/src/qlpack.yml
index be53e6c8c0b..e181a0bee4e 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/qlpack.yml
+++ b/java/ql/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ dependencies:
 dataExtensions:
   - Telemetry/ExtractorInformation.yml
 warnOnImplicitThis: true
+compileForOverlayEval: true