diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.javac/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/JavacConverter.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.javac/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/JavacConverter.java
index ab971730f4c..c2fe759c6ef 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.javac/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/JavacConverter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.javac/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/JavacConverter.java
@@ -240,11 +240,24 @@ private ProvidesDirective convert(JCProvides javac) {
 	private RequiresDirective convert(JCRequires javac) {
 		RequiresDirective res = this.ast.newRequiresDirective();
 		res.setName(toName(javac.getModuleName()));
+		int javacStart = javac.getStartPosition();
 		if (javac.isTransitive()) {
-			res.modifiers().add(this.ast.newModuleModifier(ModuleModifierKeyword.TRANSITIVE_KEYWORD));
+			ModuleModifier trans = this.ast.newModuleModifier(ModuleModifierKeyword.TRANSITIVE_KEYWORD);
+			int transStart = this.rawText.substring(javacStart).indexOf(ModuleModifierKeyword.TRANSITIVE_KEYWORD.toString());
+			if( transStart != -1 ) {
+				int trueStart = javacStart + transStart;
+				trans.setSourceRange(trueStart, ModuleModifierKeyword.TRANSITIVE_KEYWORD.toString().length());
+			}
+			res.modifiers().add(trans);
 		}
 		if (javac.isStatic()) {
-			res.modifiers().add(this.ast.newModuleModifier(ModuleModifierKeyword.STATIC_KEYWORD));
+			ModuleModifier stat = this.ast.newModuleModifier(ModuleModifierKeyword.STATIC_KEYWORD);
+			int statStart = this.rawText.substring(javacStart).indexOf(ModuleModifierKeyword.STATIC_KEYWORD.toString());
+			if( statStart != -1 ) {
+				int trueStart = javacStart + statStart;
+				stat.setSourceRange(trueStart, ModuleModifierKeyword.STATIC_KEYWORD.toString().length());
+			}
+			res.modifiers().add(stat);
 		}
 		commonSettings(res, javac);
 		return res;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/JavacASTConverterBugsTestJLS.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/JavacASTConverterBugsTestJLS.java
index 680526c4320..f33b963c0fc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/JavacASTConverterBugsTestJLS.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/JavacASTConverterBugsTestJLS.java
@@ -98,4 +98,25 @@ public void foo() {
 			deleteProject("P");
 		}
 	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 */
+	public void testModuleTransitiveDependency() throws CoreException, IOException {
+		try {
+			createJavaProject("P", new String[] {""}, new String[0],
+					null, null, null, null, null, true, null, "", null, null, null, "9", false);
+			createFile("P/module-info.java",
+					"""
+					module name {
+						requires transitive asdfhjkl;
+					}
+					"""
+			);
+			ICompilationUnit cuA = getCompilationUnit("P/module-info.java");
+			runConversion(this.testLevel, cuA, true, true, true);
+		} finally {
+			deleteProject("P");
+		}
+	}
 }