diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/NamedQueryMethod.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/NamedQueryMethod.java
index 7f505a9f2e..5f8a8fc9ef 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/NamedQueryMethod.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/NamedQueryMethod.java
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ class NamedQueryMethod implements MetaAttribute {
 				.append(sessionVariableName)
 				.append(".createNamedQuery(")
 				.append(fieldName())
-				.append(")");
+				.append(", ")
+				.append( annotationMeta.importType( resultType( select, annotationMeta.getContext() ) ) )
+				.append( ".class)");
 		for ( SqmParameter<?> param : sortedParameters ) {
 			declaration
 					.append("\n\t\t\t.setParameter(")