diff --git a/infer/src/backend/preanal.ml b/infer/src/backend/preanal.ml
index cfacdee75..165426340 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/preanal.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/preanal.ml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ module InlineJavaSyntheticMethods = struct
 
   let process pdesc =
     let is_generated_for_lambda proc_name =
-      String.is_substring ~substring:"$Lambda$" (Procname.get_method proc_name)
+      String.is_substring ~substring:Config.java_lambda_marker_infix (Procname.get_method proc_name)
     in
     let should_inline proc_name =
       (not (is_generated_for_lambda proc_name))
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index 1f6f0b34f..a2dbd4e25 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ let infer_py_argparse_error_exit_code = 22
 
 let ivar_attributes = "ivar_attributes"
 
+let java_lambda_marker_infix = "$Lambda$"
+
 let lint_dotty_dir_name = "lint_dotty"
 
 let lint_issues_dir_name = "lint_issues"
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index 637adeb5e..a60d40318 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ val initial_analysis_time : float
 
 val ivar_attributes : string
 
+val java_lambda_marker_infix : string
+(** marker to recognize methods generated by javalib to eliminate lambdas *)
+
 val lib_dir : string
 
 val lint_dotty_dir_name : string
diff --git a/infer/src/java/jClasspath.ml b/infer/src/java/jClasspath.ml
index 3d5bf326c..7c0ba4940 100644
--- a/infer/src/java/jClasspath.ml
+++ b/infer/src/java/jClasspath.ml
@@ -255,12 +255,9 @@ let get_classpath_channel program = program.classpath.channel
 
 let get_models program = program.models
 
-(* this string should characterize the methods we generate for lambda rewriting *)
-let lambda_str = "$Lambda$"
-
 let add_class cn jclass program =
   (* [prefix] must be a fresh class name *)
-  let prefix = JBasics.cn_name cn ^ lambda_str in
+  let prefix = JBasics.cn_name cn ^ Config.java_lambda_marker_infix in
   (* we rewrite each class to replace invokedynamic (closure construction)
      with equivalent old-style Java code that implements a suitable Java interface *)
   let rewritten_jclass, new_classes = Javalib.remove_invokedynamics jclass ~prefix in