diff --git a/python/testData/inspections/PyArgumentListInspection/MetaclassDunderCallReturnTypeIncompatibleWithClassBeingConstructedMultiFile/a.py b/python/testData/inspections/PyArgumentListInspection/MetaclassDunderCallReturnTypeIncompatibleWithClassBeingConstructedMultiFile/a.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a0421f1dbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/inspections/PyArgumentListInspection/MetaclassDunderCallReturnTypeIncompatibleWithClassBeingConstructedMultiFile/a.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from typing import Self
+from m import Meta
+
+
+class MyClass(metaclass=Meta):
+    def __new__(cls, p) -> Self: ...
+
+
+expr = MyClass()
diff --git a/python/testData/inspections/PyArgumentListInspection/MetaclassDunderCallReturnTypeIncompatibleWithClassBeingConstructedMultiFile/m.py b/python/testData/inspections/PyArgumentListInspection/MetaclassDunderCallReturnTypeIncompatibleWithClassBeingConstructedMultiFile/m.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d3434f8cc73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/inspections/PyArgumentListInspection/MetaclassDunderCallReturnTypeIncompatibleWithClassBeingConstructedMultiFile/m.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class Meta(type):
+    def call(cls, *args, **kwargs) -> object: ...
+
+    __call__ = call
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/Py3ArgumentListInspectionTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/Py3ArgumentListInspectionTest.java
index 6f0c98b4640c..6d9b0af2d9c5 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/Py3ArgumentListInspectionTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/Py3ArgumentListInspectionTest.java
@@ -421,6 +421,10 @@ public class Py3ArgumentListInspectionTest extends PyInspectionTestCase {
                    """);
   }
 
+  public void testMetaclassDunderCallReturnTypeIncompatibleWithClassBeingConstructedMultiFile() {
+    doMultiFileTest();
+  }
+
   public void testMetaclassNotAnnotatedDunderCall() {
     doTestByText("""
                    from typing import Self