diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/AnnotationMeta.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/AnnotationMeta.java
index 06db3329d229..e16f91bf2751 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/AnnotationMeta.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/annotation/AnnotationMeta.java
@@ -110,8 +110,11 @@ private void handleNamedQuery(AnnotationMirror mirror, boolean checkHql) {
 					if ( !isJakartaDataStyle()
 							&& statement instanceof SqmSelectStatement<?> selectStatement ) {
 						if ( isQueryMethodName( name ) ) {
+							final AnnotationValue annotationValue = getAnnotationValue( mirror, "resultClass" );
+							final String resultType = annotationValue != null
+									? annotationValue.getValue().toString()
+									: resultType( selectStatement, context );
 							putMember( name,
-									// TODO: respect @NamedQuery(resultClass)
 									new NamedQueryMethod(
 											this,
 											selectStatement,
@@ -119,7 +122,8 @@ private void handleNamedQuery(AnnotationMirror mirror, boolean checkHql) {
 											isRepository(),
 											getSessionType(),
 											getSessionVariableName(),
-											context.addNonnullAnnotation()
+											context.addNonnullAnnotation(),
+											resultType
 									)
 							);
 						}
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 5f8a8fc9eff7..de8274ce09e4 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
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
 import static org.hibernate.processor.util.StringUtil.nameToFieldName;
-import static org.hibernate.processor.util.SqmTypeUtils.resultType;
 
 /**
  * @author Gavin King
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ class NamedQueryMethod implements MetaAttribute {
 	private final boolean reactive;
 	private final String sessionVariableName;
 	private final boolean addNonnullAnnotation;
+	private final String resultClass;
 
 	public NamedQueryMethod(
 			AnnotationMeta annotationMeta,
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ public NamedQueryMethod(
 			boolean belongsToRepository,
 			@Nullable String sessionType,
 			String sessionVariableName,
-			boolean addNonnullAnnotation) {
+			boolean addNonnullAnnotation,
+			String resultClass) {
 		this.annotationMeta = annotationMeta;
 		this.select = select;
 		this.name = name;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ public NamedQueryMethod(
 		this.reactive = Constants.MUTINY_SESSION.equals(sessionType);
 		this.sessionVariableName = sessionVariableName;
 		this.addNonnullAnnotation = addNonnullAnnotation;
+		this.resultClass = resultClass;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ public String getAttributeDeclarationString() {
 				.append(".createNamedQuery(")
 				.append(fieldName())
 				.append(", ")
-				.append( annotationMeta.importType( resultType( select, annotationMeta.getContext() ) ) )
+				.append( annotationMeta.importType( resultClass ) )
 				.append( ".class)");
 		for ( SqmParameter<?> param : sortedParameters ) {
 			declaration
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ private void returnType(StringBuilder declaration) {
 		declaration
 				.append(annotationMeta.importType(Constants.LIST))
 				.append('<')
-				.append( annotationMeta.importType( resultType( select, annotationMeta.getContext() ) ) )
+				.append( annotationMeta.importType( resultClass ) )
 				.append("> ")
 				.append(name);
 		if ( reactive ) {
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/resultclass/NameValue.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/resultclass/NameValue.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd0e6b060b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/resultclass/NameValue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.processor.test.resultclass;
+
+public record NameValue(String name, Integer value) {
+
+}
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/resultclass/Post.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/resultclass/Post.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38c9948f62f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/resultclass/Post.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.processor.test.resultclass;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.NamedQuery;
+
+@Entity
+@NamedQuery(name = "#getNameValue", query = "select p.name, p.value from Post p", resultClass = NameValue.class)
+public class Post {
+	@Id
+	Integer id;
+
+	String name;
+
+	Integer value;
+}
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/resultclass/ResultClassTest.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/resultclass/ResultClassTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3306cb41dc3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/processor/test/resultclass/ResultClassTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.processor.test.resultclass;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.hibernate.processor.test.util.CompilationTest;
+import org.hibernate.processor.test.util.WithClasses;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.hibernate.processor.test.util.TestUtil.assertMetamodelClassGeneratedFor;
+import static org.hibernate.processor.test.util.TestUtil.assertPresenceOfMethodInMetamodelFor;
+import static org.hibernate.processor.test.util.TestUtil.getMetaModelSourceAsString;
+import static org.hibernate.processor.test.util.TestUtil.getMethodFromMetamodelFor;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+public class ResultClassTest extends CompilationTest {
+	@Test
+	@WithClasses({Post.class, NameValue.class})
+	public void test() {
+		System.out.println( getMetaModelSourceAsString( Post.class ) );
+		assertMetamodelClassGeneratedFor( Post.class );
+
+		assertPresenceOfMethodInMetamodelFor( Post.class, "getNameValue", EntityManager.class );
+		final Method method = getMethodFromMetamodelFor( Post.class, "getNameValue", EntityManager.class );
+		if ( method.getGenericReturnType() instanceof ParameterizedType parameterized ) {
+			assertEquals( List.class, parameterized.getRawType() );
+			assertEquals( NameValue.class, parameterized.getActualTypeArguments()[0] );
+		}
+		else {
+			Assertions.fail();
+		}
+	}
+}