diff --git a/src/UsedSymbolExtractor.php b/src/UsedSymbolExtractor.php
index 7242cca..57135a0 100644
--- a/src/UsedSymbolExtractor.php
+++ b/src/UsedSymbolExtractor.php
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ public function parseUsedSymbols(
                             }
 
                             $usedSymbols[$kind][$symbolName][] = $token[2];
+
+                        } elseif (
+                            $inGlobalScope
+                            && $this->getTokenAfter($pointerAfterName)[0] === T_DOUBLE_COLON
+                        ) {
+                            // unqualified static access (e.g., Foo::class, Foo::method(), Foo::CONSTANT) in global scope
+                            // register to allow detection of classes not in $knownSymbols
+                            $usedSymbols[SymbolKind::CLASSLIKE][$name][] = $token[2];
                         }
 
                         break;
@@ -235,6 +243,15 @@ public function parseUsedSymbols(
                                 $symbolName = $name;
                                 $kind = $this->getFqnSymbolKind($pointerBeforeName, $pointerAfterName, false);
                                 $usedSymbols[$kind][$symbolName][] = $token[2];
+
+                            } elseif (
+                                strpos($name, '\\') === false
+                                && $inGlobalScope
+                                && $this->getTokenAfter($pointerAfterName)[0] === T_DOUBLE_COLON
+                            ) {
+                                // unqualified static access (e.g., Foo::class, Foo::method(), Foo::CONSTANT) in global scope
+                                // register to allow detection of classes not in $knownSymbols
+                                $usedSymbols[SymbolKind::CLASSLIKE][$name][] = $token[2];
                             }
                         }
 
diff --git a/tests/UsedSymbolExtractorTest.php b/tests/UsedSymbolExtractorTest.php
index d555525..c3b706f 100644
--- a/tests/UsedSymbolExtractorTest.php
+++ b/tests/UsedSymbolExtractorTest.php
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ public function provideVariants(): iterable
                 SymbolKind::CLASSLIKE => [
                     'DateTimeImmutable' => [3],
                     'PHPUnit\Framework\Error' => [5],
+                    'UnknownClass' => [17, 18, 19], // issue #224: unqualified static access in global scope
+                    'self' => [22], // filtered by Analyser via ignoredSymbols
+                    'parent' => [24], // filtered by Analyser via ignoredSymbols
                 ],
                 SymbolKind::FUNCTION => [
                     'PHPUnit\Framework\assertSame' => [7],
@@ -188,6 +191,7 @@ public function provideVariants(): iterable
                     'PDO' => [11],
                     'My\App\XMLReader' => [15],
                     'CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST' => [19],
+                    'ZipArchive' => [22], // issue #224: now detected via unqualified static access
                 ],
             ],
             self::extensionSymbolsForExtensionsTestCases(),
diff --git a/tests/data/not-autoloaded/used-symbols/global-namespace.php b/tests/data/not-autoloaded/used-symbols/global-namespace.php
index 737966a..a4df4e0 100644
--- a/tests/data/not-autoloaded/used-symbols/global-namespace.php
+++ b/tests/data/not-autoloaded/used-symbols/global-namespace.php
@@ -12,3 +12,13 @@ public function someFunction(string $foo): void
         user_defined_function();
     }
 }
+
+// Test for issue #224: unqualified static access in global scope
+$class = UnknownClass::class;
+UnknownClass::staticMethod();
+UnknownClass::CONSTANT;
+
+// These should NOT be detected as class usages
+self::FOO;
+static::bar();
+parent::__construct();