diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/script/ScriptingComponentHelper.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/script/ScriptingComponentHelper.java
index 1db75bf28d..f11558403a 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/script/ScriptingComponentHelper.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/script/ScriptingComponentHelper.java
@@ -265,7 +265,11 @@ public class ScriptingComponentHelper {
         scriptEngineName = context.getProperty(SCRIPT_ENGINE).getValue();
         scriptPath = context.getProperty(ScriptingComponentUtils.SCRIPT_FILE).evaluateAttributeExpressions().getValue();
         scriptBody = context.getProperty(ScriptingComponentUtils.SCRIPT_BODY).getValue();
-        modules = context.getProperty(ScriptingComponentUtils.MODULES).evaluateAttributeExpressions().asResources().flattenRecursively();
+        if ("python".equalsIgnoreCase(scriptEngineName)) {
+            modules = context.getProperty(ScriptingComponentUtils.MODULES).evaluateAttributeExpressions().asResources();
+        } else {
+            modules = context.getProperty(ScriptingComponentUtils.MODULES).evaluateAttributeExpressions().asResources().flattenRecursively();
+        }
     }
 
     public void stop() {
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/script/TestExecuteJython.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/script/TestExecuteJython.java
index 4a987d172c..3bc0abc071 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/script/TestExecuteJython.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/script/TestExecuteJython.java
@@ -61,6 +61,32 @@ public class TestExecuteJython extends BaseScriptTest {
         result.get(0).assertAttributeEquals("from-content", "test content");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tests a Jython script that references an outside python module
+     *
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testAccessModuleAndStoreInFlowFileAttributeWithScriptBody() {
+        runner.setValidateExpressionUsage(false);
+        runner.setProperty(scriptingComponent.getScriptingComponentHelper().SCRIPT_ENGINE, "python");
+        runner.setProperty(ScriptingComponentUtils.MODULES, "target/test/resources/jython/");
+        runner.setProperty(ScriptingComponentUtils.SCRIPT_BODY,
+                "from org.apache.nifi.processors.script import ExecuteScript\n"
+                        + "from test_external_module import ExternalModule\n"
+                        + "externalModule = ExternalModule()\n"
+                        + "flowFile = session.get()\n"
+                        + "flowFile = session.putAttribute(flowFile, \"key\", externalModule.testHelloWorld())\n"
+                        + "session.transfer(flowFile, ExecuteScript.REL_SUCCESS)");
+
+        runner.assertValid();
+        runner.enqueue("test content".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        runner.run();
+
+        runner.assertAllFlowFilesTransferred(ExecuteScript.REL_SUCCESS, 1);
+        final List<MockFlowFile> result = runner.getFlowFilesForRelationship(ExecuteScript.REL_SUCCESS);
+        result.get(0).assertAttributeEquals("key", "helloWorld");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests a script that does not transfer or remove the original flow file, thereby causing an error during commit.
      *
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/test/resources/jython/test_external_module.py b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/test/resources/jython/test_external_module.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..20c47c590c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-scripting-bundle/nifi-scripting-processors/src/test/resources/jython/test_external_module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#! /usr/bin/python
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+class ExternalModule :
+
+    def __init__(self) :
+        pass
+
+    def testHelloWorld(self) :
+        return "helloWorld"
+
+