diff --git a/server/java/codegen-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/metaobjects/generator/kotlin/KotlinValidatorGenerator.kt b/server/java/codegen-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/metaobjects/generator/kotlin/KotlinValidatorGenerator.kt
index fa368c9fa..56386efe9 100644
--- a/server/java/codegen-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/metaobjects/generator/kotlin/KotlinValidatorGenerator.kt
+++ b/server/java/codegen-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/metaobjects/generator/kotlin/KotlinValidatorGenerator.kt
@@ -43,16 +43,23 @@ open class KotlinValidatorGenerator : MultiFileDirectGeneratorBase<MetaObject>()
             .filter { !KotlinGenUtil.isAbstractEntity(it) }
             .filter { it.children.any { c -> c is RdbSource } }
             .map { entity ->
-                val shortName = PackageMapping.splitFqn(entity.name).second
-                entity.name to "${shortName}Table"
+                val (tablePkg, shortName) = PackageMapping.splitFqn(entity.name)
+                // (metadata FQN, Table object name, Table's Kotlin package)
+                Triple(entity.name, "${shortName}Table", tablePkg)
             }
 
         emitValidator(pkg, entries, outRoot)
         emitHelper(pkg, outRoot)
     }
 
-    protected open fun emitValidator(pkg: String, entries: List<Pair<String, String>>, outRoot: Path) {
-        val registry = entries.joinToString(",\n        ") { (fqn, table) -> "\"$fqn\" to $table" }
+    protected open fun emitValidator(pkg: String, entries: List<Triple<String, String, String>>, outRoot: Path) {
+        val registry = entries.joinToString(",\n        ") { (fqn, table, _) -> "\"$fqn\" to $table" }
+        // The Table objects live in their entity's own package; import any that
+        // are NOT in this validator's package or the bare reference won't resolve.
+        val tableImports = entries
+            .filter { (_, _, tablePkg) -> tablePkg.isNotEmpty() && tablePkg != pkg }
+            .map { (_, table, tablePkg) -> "$tablePkg.$table" }
+            .toSortedSet()
 
         val source = buildString {
             if (pkg.isNotEmpty()) {
@@ -60,7 +67,9 @@ open class KotlinValidatorGenerator : MultiFileDirectGeneratorBase<MetaObject>()
             }
             append("import com.metaobjects.loader.MetaDataLoader\n")
             append("import com.metaobjects.metadata.ktx.metaObjectOrNull\n")
-            append("import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.Table\n\n")
+            append("import org.jetbrains.exposed.sql.Table\n")
+            for (imp in tableImports) append("import $imp\n")
+            append("\n")
             append("/**\n")
             append(" * GENERATED — runtime drift gate. Call [validate] from a Spring `@PostConstruct` or\n")
             append(" * `ApplicationReadyEvent` listener to fail-fast when generated Tables drift from metadata.\n")
diff --git a/server/java/codegen-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/metaobjects/generator/kotlin/KotlinValidatorGeneratorTest.kt b/server/java/codegen-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/metaobjects/generator/kotlin/KotlinValidatorGeneratorTest.kt
index 96c0ff9d5..f3db10d60 100644
--- a/server/java/codegen-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/metaobjects/generator/kotlin/KotlinValidatorGeneratorTest.kt
+++ b/server/java/codegen-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/metaobjects/generator/kotlin/KotlinValidatorGeneratorTest.kt
@@ -46,4 +46,39 @@ class KotlinValidatorGeneratorTest {
             outDir.toFile().deleteRecursively()
         }
     }
+
+    /** Entities in different packages than the validator: their Table objects must be imported. */
+    private val multiPkgFixture = """{
+      "metadata.root": { "children": [
+        { "object.entity": { "name": "acme::blog::Author", "children": [
+            { "field.long": { "name": "id" } },
+            { "source.rdb": { "@table": "authors" } },
+            { "identity.primary": { "name": "pk", "@fields": ["id"] } }
+        ] } },
+        { "object.entity": { "name": "acme::shop::Order", "children": [
+            { "field.long": { "name": "id" } },
+            { "source.rdb": { "@table": "orders" } },
+            { "identity.primary": { "name": "pk", "@fields": ["id"] } }
+        ] } }
+      ] }
+    }""".trimIndent()
+
+    @Test fun `imports Table objects that live in a different package than the validator`() {
+        val outDir = Files.createTempDirectory("kvld-")
+        try {
+            val gen = KotlinValidatorGenerator()
+            gen.setArgs(mapOf("outputDir" to outDir.toString(), "packageName" to "acme"))
+            gen.execute(loadString("multi", multiPkgFixture))
+
+            val vSrc = Files.readString(outDir.resolve("acme/MetadataStartupValidator.kt"))
+            assertTrue("import acme.blog.AuthorTable" in vSrc,
+                "expected cross-package import for AuthorTable; saw:\n$vSrc")
+            assertTrue("import acme.shop.OrderTable" in vSrc,
+                "expected cross-package import for OrderTable; saw:\n$vSrc")
+            assertTrue("\"acme::blog::Author\" to AuthorTable" in vSrc, vSrc)
+            assertTrue("\"acme::shop::Order\" to OrderTable" in vSrc, vSrc)
+        } finally {
+            outDir.toFile().deleteRecursively()
+        }
+    }
 }