diff --git a/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java b/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
index 40ed1996cc..91cdf0d606 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
+++ b/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
@@ -2042,6 +2042,7 @@ private StartupConfiguration newStartupConfigWithModularPath(
             ResolvePathsRequest<String> req = ResolvePathsRequest.ofStrings( testClasspath.getClassPath() )
                     .setIncludeAllProviders( true )
                     .setJdkHome( javaHome )
+                    .setIncludeStatic( true )
                     .setModuleDescriptor( javaModuleDescriptor );
 
             ResolvePathsResult<String> result = getLocationManager().resolvePaths( req );
diff --git a/maven-surefire-common/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojoJava7PlusTest.java b/maven-surefire-common/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojoJava7PlusTest.java
index 1362beb31e..6f91ccf75c 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-common/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojoJava7PlusTest.java
+++ b/maven-surefire-common/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojoJava7PlusTest.java
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ public void shouldHaveStartupConfigForModularClasspath()
         mockStatic( ResolvePathsRequest.class );
         when( ResolvePathsRequest.ofStrings( eq( testClasspath.toClasspath().getClassPath() ) ) ).thenReturn( req );
         when( req.setJdkHome( anyString() ) ).thenReturn( req );
+        when( req.setIncludeStatic( true ) ).thenReturn( req );
         when( req.setIncludeAllProviders( anyBoolean() ) ).thenReturn( req );
         when( req.setModuleDescriptor( eq( descriptor ) ) ).thenReturn( req );