diff --git a/cpg-core/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/GraphExamples.kt b/cpg-core/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/GraphExamples.kt
index 4ccb5af4f00..760b4731d68 100644
--- a/cpg-core/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/GraphExamples.kt
+++ b/cpg-core/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/GraphExamples.kt
@@ -339,6 +339,31 @@ class GraphExamples {
                 }
             }
 
+        fun getInferenceNestedNamespace(
+            config: TranslationConfiguration =
+                TranslationConfiguration.builder()
+                    .defaultPasses()
+                    .registerLanguage(StructTestLanguage("."))
+                    .inferenceConfiguration(
+                        InferenceConfiguration.builder().inferRecords(true).build()
+                    )
+                    .build()
+        ) =
+            testFrontend(config).build {
+                translationResult {
+                    translationUnit("Test.java") {
+                        record("Test") {
+                            function("foo") {
+                                body {
+                                    declare { variable("node", t("java.lang.String")) }
+                                    returnStmt { isImplicit = true }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
         fun getVariables(
             config: TranslationConfiguration =
                 TranslationConfiguration.builder()
diff --git a/cpg-core/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/enhancements/InferenceTest.kt b/cpg-core/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/enhancements/InferenceTest.kt
index 9454a0a1abd..f58e930fb84 100644
--- a/cpg-core/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/enhancements/InferenceTest.kt
+++ b/cpg-core/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/enhancements/InferenceTest.kt
@@ -95,4 +95,26 @@ class InferenceTest {
         assertNotNull(nextField)
         assertLocalName("T*", nextField.type)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testNestedNamespace() {
+        val result = GraphExamples.getInferenceNestedNamespace()
+        with(result) {
+            val java = result.namespaces["java"]
+            assertNotNull(java)
+            assertLocalName("java", java)
+
+            val javaLang = result.namespaces["java.lang"]
+            assertNotNull(javaLang)
+            assertLocalName("lang", javaLang)
+            // should exist in the scope of "java"
+            assertEquals(java, javaLang.scope?.astNode)
+
+            val javaLangString = result.records["java.lang.String"]
+            assertNotNull(javaLangString)
+            assertLocalName("String", javaLangString)
+            // should exist in the scope of "java.lang"
+            assertEquals(javaLang, javaLangString.scope?.astNode)
+        }
+    }
 }