diff --git a/java/ql/lib/qlpack.yml b/java/ql/lib/qlpack.yml
index d6884627794b..f29904e14c56 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/qlpack.yml
+++ b/java/ql/lib/qlpack.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ dataExtensions:
   - ext/generated/*.model.yml
   - ext/experimental/*.model.yml
 warnOnImplicitThis: true
+compileForOverlayEval: true