diff --git a/examples/issue-0038.sx b/examples/issue-0038.sx
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+// Closure capture analysis doesn't trace into the `FfiIntrinsicCall`
+// AST node — identifiers used inside `#objc_call` / `#jni_call` /
+// `#jni_static_call` from a closure body aren't recognized as
+// captured variables. Surfaced when writing `ffi-objc-call-09-in-
+// construct.sx`.
+//
+// Reduced repro: capture in a closure body works fine for
+// "normal" expressions (see `passthrough_works`), but the same
+// capture inside `#objc_call`'s arg list trips
+// "unresolved: 'recv'" (see `passthrough_via_objc_call` — would
+// fail at parse time, so it's commented out).
+//
+// Likely fix: in the closure free-variable analyzer (sema.zig /
+// lower.zig), add a recursive arm for `ffi_intrinsic_call` that
+// visits `return_type` + every `args[i]` the same way the `.call`
+// arm walks `callee` + `args`.
+
+#import "modules/std.sx";
+#import "modules/compiler.sx";
+
+passthrough_works :: (recv: *void) -> Closure(s32) -> *void {
+    closure((d: s32) -> *void => recv);  // captures `recv` — fine
+}
+
+// passthrough_via_objc_call :: (recv: *void) -> Closure(s32) -> s64 {
+//     // Same `recv` capture, but inside `#objc_call(...)`:
+//     //   error: unresolved: 'recv'
+//     closure((d: s32) -> s64 => #objc_call(s64)(recv, "hash"));
+// }
+
+main :: () -> s32 {
+    inline if OS == .macos {
+        f := passthrough_works(null);
+        p := f(0);
+        print("ok (passthrough works) = {}\n", p == null);
+    }
+    inline if OS != .macos {
+        print("skipped (not macos)\n");
+    }
+    0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/expected/issue-0038.exit b/tests/expected/issue-0038.exit
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+0
diff --git a/tests/expected/issue-0038.txt b/tests/expected/issue-0038.txt
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+++ b/tests/expected/issue-0038.txt
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+ok (passthrough works) = true