diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index b847ca4981..761a228a10 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -4271,7 +4271,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
 
                 if (!"?".equals(recordType)) {
                     out.javadoc("Result type for {@link #%s()}", method.getName());
-                    out.println("public final class %s {", namespace);
+                    out.println("public static final class %s {", namespace);
 
                     // TODO: Reuse these POJOs?
                     // TODO: Support also non-records