diff --git a/docs/about/changelog.md b/docs/about/changelog.md
index b389c5e7b..1afdfb7b4 100644
--- a/docs/about/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/about/changelog.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Release history of PerlOnJava. See [Roadmap](roadmap.md) for future plans.
   CFB128, OFB, and CTR compatibility.
 - Preserve string-compatible scalar channels for arithmetic results derived
   from string operands on both execution backends.
+- Honor imported overrides of the core `chmod` and `lock` built-ins.
 
 ## v5.44.1: Regex, Threads, Async/Await, and CPAN Compatibility
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/ParserTables.java b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/ParserTables.java
index 160eabf04..7985d187a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/ParserTables.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/perlonjava/frontend/parser/ParserTables.java
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ public class ParserTables {
     public static final Set<String> OVERRIDABLE_OP = Set.of(
             "bless",
             "atan2",
-            "caller", "chdir", "close", "connect",
+            "caller", "chdir", "chmod", "close", "connect",
             "die", "do", "dump",
             "exec", "exit",
             "fork",
             "getgrgid", "gethostbyname", "getpwuid", "glob",
             "hex",
-            "kill",
+            "kill", "lock",
             "localtime", "log",
             "oct", "open",
             "rand", "readline", "readpipe", "rename", "require",
diff --git a/src/test/resources/unit/imported_core_builtin_override.t b/src/test/resources/unit/imported_core_builtin_override.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c714621b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/unit/imported_core_builtin_override.t
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+
+# Model the way a pure-Perl module exports a subroutine: assigning its CODE
+# slot into the caller's package during import must make the imported sub win
+# over a same-named core builtin.
+BEGIN {
+    package ImportedCoreBuiltins;
+
+    sub chmod {
+        return 'imported chmod';
+    }
+
+    sub lock {
+        return 'imported lock';
+    }
+
+    sub import {
+        my ($class, $caller) = @_;
+        $caller //= caller;
+        no strict 'refs';
+        *{"${caller}::chmod"} = \&chmod;
+        *{"${caller}::lock"} = \&lock;
+    }
+
+    __PACKAGE__->import('main');
+}
+
+is(chmod('+r', 'unused'), 'imported chmod',
+    'imported chmod overrides the core builtin');
+my $lock_name = 'unused';
+is(lock($lock_name), 'imported lock',
+    'imported lock overrides the core builtin');
+is(CORE::chmod(0, 'unused'), 0,
+    'CORE::chmod still selects the core builtin');
+my $lock_target = 'unused';
+is(CORE::lock($lock_target), 'unused',
+    'CORE::lock still selects the core builtin');
+
+done_testing();