diff --git a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll
index 0abf432e1ba..8434d74d839 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll
+++ b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/DataFlowUtil.qll
@@ -400,6 +400,19 @@ predicate simpleLocalFlowStep(Node node1, Node node2) {
   node2.asExpr().(ChooseExpr).getAResultExpr() = node1.asExpr()
   or
   node2.asExpr().(AssignExpr).getSource() = node1.asExpr()
+  or
+  exists(MethodAccess ma, Method m |
+    ma = node2.asExpr() and
+    m = ma.getMethod() and
+    m.getDeclaringType().hasQualifiedName("java.util", "Objects") and
+    (
+      m.hasName(["requireNonNull", "requireNonNullElseGet"]) and node1.asExpr() = ma.getArgument(0)
+      or
+      m.hasName("requireNonNullElse") and node1.asExpr() = ma.getAnArgument()
+      or
+      m.hasName("toString") and node1.asExpr() = ma.getArgument(1)
+    )
+  )
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/ObjectsTest.java b/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/ObjectsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c74dc0f434e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/ObjectsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+class ObjectsTest {
+	public static void valueSteps() {
+		sink(Objects.requireNonNull(source()));
+		sink(Objects.requireNonNull(source(), "message"));
+		sink(Objects.requireNonNull(source(), () -> "value1"));
+		sink(Objects.requireNonNullElse(source(), source()));
+		sink(Objects.requireNonNullElseGet(source(), () -> "value2"));
+		sink(Objects.toString(null, source()));
+	}
+	private static <T> T source() { return null; }
+	private static void sink(Object o) {}
+}
diff --git a/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/flow.expected b/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/flow.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22a78a4694e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/flow.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+| ObjectsTest.java:5:31:5:38 | source(...) | ObjectsTest.java:5:8:5:39 | requireNonNull(...) |
+| ObjectsTest.java:6:31:6:38 | source(...) | ObjectsTest.java:6:8:6:50 | requireNonNull(...) |
+| ObjectsTest.java:7:31:7:38 | source(...) | ObjectsTest.java:7:8:7:55 | requireNonNull(...) |
+| ObjectsTest.java:8:35:8:42 | source(...) | ObjectsTest.java:8:8:8:53 | requireNonNullElse(...) |
+| ObjectsTest.java:8:45:8:52 | source(...) | ObjectsTest.java:8:8:8:53 | requireNonNullElse(...) |
+| ObjectsTest.java:9:38:9:45 | source(...) | ObjectsTest.java:9:8:9:62 | requireNonNullElseGet(...) |
+| ObjectsTest.java:10:31:10:38 | source(...) | ObjectsTest.java:10:8:10:39 | toString(...) |
diff --git a/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/flow.ql b/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/flow.ql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b568a1be73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/flow.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import java
+import semmle.code.java.dataflow.DataFlow
+
+class Conf extends DataFlow::Configuration {
+  Conf() { this = "conf" }
+
+  override predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node src) {
+    src.asExpr().(MethodAccess).getMethod().hasName("source")
+  }
+
+  override predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) {
+    exists(MethodAccess ma |
+      sink.asExpr() = ma.getAnArgument() and
+      ma.getMethod().hasName("sink")
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+from Conf c, DataFlow::Node src, DataFlow::Node sink
+where c.hasFlow(src, sink)
+select src, sink
diff --git a/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/options b/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/options
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f12170222c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/local-flow/options
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//semmle-extractor-options: --javac-args -source 14 -target 14