diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/Configuration.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/Configuration.qll
index 414fc3be72c..d0087dcdca0 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/Configuration.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/Configuration.qll
@@ -1888,6 +1888,8 @@ module PathNode {
     or
     // Skip captured variable nodes as the successor will be a use of that variable anyway.
     nd = DataFlow::capturedVariableNode(_)
+    or
+    nd instanceof DataFlow::FunctionSelfReferenceNode
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/DataFlow.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/DataFlow.qll
index 11fdc25e6f6..47fb26937cd 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/DataFlow.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/DataFlow.qll
@@ -1432,6 +1432,30 @@ module DataFlow {
     override StmtContainer getContainer() { result = this.getTag().getInnerTopLevel() }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * A node representing the hidden parameter of a function by which a function can refer to itself.
+   */
+  class FunctionSelfReferenceNode extends DataFlow::Node, TFunctionSelfReferenceNode {
+    private Function function;
+
+    FunctionSelfReferenceNode() { this = TFunctionSelfReferenceNode(function) }
+
+    /** Gets the function. */
+    Function getFunction() { result = function }
+
+    override StmtContainer getContainer() { result = function }
+
+    override BasicBlock getBasicBlock() { result = function.getEntryBB() }
+
+    override string toString() { result = "[function self-reference] " + function.toString() }
+
+    override predicate hasLocationInfo(
+      string filepath, int startline, int startcolumn, int endline, int endcolumn
+    ) {
+      function.getLocation().hasLocationInfo(filepath, startline, startcolumn, endline, endcolumn)
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * A post-update node whose pre-node corresponds to an expression. See `DataFlow::PostUpdateNode` for more details.
    */
diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/DataFlowNode.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/DataFlowNode.qll
index 8f54d3a3496..bee7b1259b4 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/DataFlowNode.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/DataFlowNode.qll
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ private module Cached {
       (kind = "call" or kind = "apply")
     } or
     TThisNode(StmtContainer f) { f.(Function).getThisBinder() = f or f instanceof TopLevel } or
+    TFunctionSelfReferenceNode(Function f) or
     TDestructuredModuleImportNode(ImportDeclaration decl) {
       exists(decl.getASpecifier().getImportedName())
     } or
diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPrivate.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPrivate.qll
index 25d4af88ffa..9a9559e28db 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPrivate.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPrivate.qll
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ private predicate isArgumentNodeImpl(Node n, DataFlowCall call, ArgumentPosition
     n = call.asBoundCall(boundArgs).getArgument(pos.asPositional() - boundArgs)
   )
   or
+  pos.isFunctionSelfReference() and n = call.asOrdinaryCall().getCalleeNode()
+  or
   pos.isThis() and n = TConstructorThisArgumentNode(call.asOrdinaryCall().asExpr())
   or
   // For now, treat all spread argument as flowing into the 'arguments' array, regardless of preceding arguments
@@ -348,6 +350,7 @@ newtype TParameterPosition =
   MkPositionalParameter(int n) { n = [0 .. getMaxArity()] } or
   MkPositionalLowerBound(int n) { n = [0 .. getMaxArity()] } or
   MkThisParameter() or
+  MkFunctionSelfReferenceParameter() or
   MkArgumentsArrayParameter()
 
 class ParameterPosition extends TParameterPosition {
@@ -363,6 +366,8 @@ class ParameterPosition extends TParameterPosition {
 
   predicate isThis() { this = MkThisParameter() }
 
+  predicate isFunctionSelfReference() { this = MkFunctionSelfReferenceParameter() }
+
   predicate isArgumentsArray() { this = MkArgumentsArrayParameter() }
 
   string toString() {
@@ -372,6 +377,8 @@ class ParameterPosition extends TParameterPosition {
     or
     this.isThis() and result = "this"
     or
+    this.isFunctionSelfReference() and result = "function"
+    or
     this.isArgumentsArray() and result = "arguments-array"
   }
 }