diff --git a/cinderx/PythonLib/cinderx/compiler/static/declaration_visitor.py b/cinderx/PythonLib/cinderx/compiler/static/declaration_visitor.py
index 3589b0c72ce..811b23eb2fc 100644
--- a/cinderx/PythonLib/cinderx/compiler/static/declaration_visitor.py
+++ b/cinderx/PythonLib/cinderx/compiler/static/declaration_visitor.py
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ def visitImport(self, node: Import) -> None:
                     top_level_module,
                     None,
                     DeferredImport(
+                        self.module,
                         name.name,
+                        top_level_module,
                         self.optimize,
                         self.compiler,
                         mod_to_return=top_level_module,
@@ -246,7 +248,9 @@ def visitImport(self, node: Import) -> None:
                 self.module.declare_import(
                     asname,
                     None,
-                    DeferredImport(name.name, self.optimize, self.compiler),
+                    DeferredImport(
+                        self.module, name.name, asname, self.optimize, self.compiler
+                    ),
                 )
 
     def visitImportFrom(self, node: ImportFrom) -> None:
@@ -258,7 +262,14 @@ def visitImportFrom(self, node: ImportFrom) -> None:
             self.module.declare_import(
                 child_name,
                 (mod_name, name.name),
-                DeferredImport(mod_name, self.optimize, self.compiler, name.name),
+                DeferredImport(
+                    self.module,
+                    mod_name,
+                    name.name,
+                    self.optimize,
+                    self.compiler,
+                    name.name,
+                ),
             )
 
     # We don't pick up declarations in nested statements
diff --git a/cinderx/PythonLib/cinderx/compiler/static/module_table.py b/cinderx/PythonLib/cinderx/compiler/static/module_table.py
index 37752b74795..b06441a8bf7 100644
--- a/cinderx/PythonLib/cinderx/compiler/static/module_table.py
+++ b/cinderx/PythonLib/cinderx/compiler/static/module_table.py
@@ -204,13 +204,17 @@ def __init__(self, reason: str) -> None:
 class DeferredImport:
     def __init__(
         self,
+        in_module: ModuleTable,
         mod_to_import: str,
+        asname: str,
         optimize: int,
         compiler: Compiler,
         name: str | None = None,
         mod_to_return: str | None = None,
     ) -> None:
+        self.in_module = in_module
         self.mod_to_import = mod_to_import
+        self.asname = asname
         self.name = name
         self.mod_to_return = mod_to_return
         self.compiler = compiler
@@ -241,6 +245,11 @@ def resolve(self) -> Value:
                 raise ModuleTableException(
                     f"Cannot find {self.mod_to_import}.{self.name} due to cyclic reference"
                 )
+        # For unknown modules, we don't need to record each individual object
+        # used from them; it doesn't matter, as we won't track transitive deps
+        # across them. We just need to record a dependency to the module in
+        # general.
+        self.in_module.record_dependency(self.asname, (self.mod_to_import, "<any>"))
         return self.compiler.type_env.DYNAMIC
 
 
diff --git a/cinderx/test_cinderx/test_compiler/test_static/dependencies.py b/cinderx/test_cinderx/test_compiler/test_static/dependencies.py
index 1d52de2b868..4c08fb8a36d 100644
--- a/cinderx/test_cinderx/test_compiler/test_static/dependencies.py
+++ b/cinderx/test_cinderx/test_compiler/test_static/dependencies.py
@@ -398,15 +398,30 @@ def g():
 
     def test_dep_on_unknown_module(self) -> None:
         """We record deps on non-static modules; they could become static."""
-        code = """
-            from unknown import U
+        for from_import in [True, False]:
+            if from_import:
+                code = """
+                    from unknown import U
 
-            class C(U):
-                pass
-        """
-        compiler = self.compiler(mod=code)
-        compiler.compile_module("mod")
-        self.assertDep(compiler.modules["mod"].decl_deps, "C", {("unknown", "U")})
+                    class C(U):
+                        pass
+                """
+            else:
+                code = """
+                    import unknown as unk
+
+                    class C(unk.U):
+                        pass
+                """
+            with self.subTest(from_import=from_import):
+                compiler = self.compiler(mod=code)
+                compiler.compile_module("mod")
+                expected = {("unknown", "U")} if from_import else {("mod", "unk")}
+                self.assertDep(compiler.modules["mod"].decl_deps, "C", expected)
+                if not from_import:
+                    self.assertDep(
+                        compiler.modules["mod"].decl_deps, "unk", {("unknown", "<any>")}
+                    )
 
 
 class GetDependenciesTests(StaticTestBase):