diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/NativeConfigurationWriter.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/NativeConfigurationWriter.java
index b2a583f056d..e360b741f5c 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/NativeConfigurationWriter.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/NativeConfigurationWriter.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public abstract class NativeConfigurationWriter {
 	private boolean hasAnyHint(RuntimeHints hints) {
 		return (hints.proxies().jdkProxyHints().findAny().isPresent() ||
 				hints.reflection().typeHints().findAny().isPresent() ||
+				hints.reflection().lambdaHints().findAny().isPresent() ||
 				hints.resources().resourcePatternHints().findAny().isPresent() ||
 				hints.resources().resourceBundleHints().findAny().isPresent() ||
 				hints.jni().typeHints().findAny().isPresent() ||
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests.java
index 834c2c962b7..e1d83b544c0 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/aot/nativex/FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
@@ -137,6 +138,34 @@ class FileNativeConfigurationWriterTests {
 				""");
 	}
 
+	@Test  // gh-36989
+	void lambdaConfig() throws Exception {
+		FileNativeConfigurationWriter generator = new FileNativeConfigurationWriter(tempDir);
+		RuntimeHints hints = new RuntimeHints();
+		hints.reflection().registerLambda(Integer.class, builder -> builder
+				.withDeclaringMethod("getCell", Integer.class, Integer.class)
+				.withInterfaces(Supplier.class));
+		generator.write(hints);
+		assertEquals("""
+				{
+					"reflection": [
+						{
+							"type": {
+								"lambda": {
+									"declaringClass": "java.lang.Integer",
+									"declaringMethod": {
+										"name": "getCell",
+										"parameterTypes": [ "java.lang.Integer", "java.lang.Integer" ]
+									},
+									"interfaces": [ "java.util.function.Supplier" ]
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					]
+				}
+				""");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void jniConfig() throws Exception {
 		// same format as reflection so just test basic file generation