diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisBrowser.ts b/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisBrowser.ts
index 3439e1a6cd..465fcf683b 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisBrowser.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisBrowser.ts
@@ -102,10 +102,20 @@ const collectWebPreferences = (
 } => {
   const preferences: ElectronWebPreference[] = [];
   let unknown = 0;
-  let preload: ElectronBrowserWindowPreload = {
-    preload_path: null,
-    preload_resolution_context: null,
-  };
+  const effectivePreload = objectProperty(object, "preload");
+  const preloadPath =
+    effectivePreload.status === "explicit"
+      ? staticPath(effectivePreload.property.value)
+      : undefined;
+  const preload: ElectronBrowserWindowPreload =
+    effectivePreload.status === "explicit" && preloadPath !== undefined
+      ? {
+          preload_path: preloadPath,
+          preload_resolution_context: staticPathResolutionContext(
+            effectivePreload.property.value,
+          ),
+        }
+      : { preload_path: null, preload_resolution_context: null };
   for (const property of object.properties) {
     if (t.isSpreadElement(property)) {
       unknown += 1;
@@ -133,11 +143,6 @@ const collectWebPreferences = (
       continue;
     }
     const path = name === "preload" ? staticPath(property.value) : undefined;
-    if (path !== undefined)
-      preload = {
-        preload_path: path,
-        preload_resolution_context: staticPathResolutionContext(property.value),
-      };
     const value: ElectronStaticValue =
       path === undefined
         ? electronStaticValue(source, property.value)
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/electronPreloadOverridesCli.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/applications/electronPreloadOverridesCli.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7997a7d8cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/acceptance/applications/electronPreloadOverridesCli.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+import { expect } from "vitest";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+import { javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema } from "../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.js";
+import { connectLocalToolsMcp } from "../../fixtures/localToolsMcp.js";
+import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
+import { cliTest } from "../../support/cli/cliFixture.js";
+
+const FIRST = 'preload: "./first.js"';
+const LAST = 'preload: "./last.js"';
+const scenarios = [
+  {
+    preferences: `${FIRST}, preload: runtimePath`,
+    preloadPath: null,
+    overrideExpression: "runtimePath",
+  },
+  {
+    preferences: `${FIRST}, ...runtimeOptions`,
+    preloadPath: null,
+    overrideExpression: "runtimeOptions",
+  },
+  {
+    preferences: `${FIRST}, [runtimeKey]: runtimeValue`,
+    preloadPath: null,
+    overrideExpression: "[runtimeKey]: runtimeValue",
+  },
+  {
+    preferences: `${FIRST}, get preload() { return runtimePath; }`,
+    preloadPath: null,
+    overrideExpression: "get preload() { return runtimePath; }",
+  },
+  {
+    preferences: `${FIRST}, preload() { return runtimePath; }`,
+    preloadPath: null,
+    overrideExpression: "preload() { return runtimePath; }",
+  },
+  { preferences: `${FIRST}, preload: false`, preloadPath: null },
+  {
+    preferences: `preload: runtimePath, ${FIRST}`,
+    preloadPath: "./first.js",
+  },
+  { preferences: `...runtimeOptions, ${FIRST}`, preloadPath: "./first.js" },
+  {
+    preferences: `[runtimeKey]: runtimeValue, ${FIRST}`,
+    preloadPath: "./first.js",
+  },
+  { preferences: `${FIRST}, ${LAST}`, preloadPath: "./last.js" },
+  {
+    preferences: `${FIRST}, ["preload"]: "./last.js"`,
+    preloadPath: "./last.js",
+  },
+  {
+    preferences: `${FIRST}, ["sandbox"]: true, "": runtimeValue`,
+    preloadPath: "./first.js",
+  },
+] as const;
+
+cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
+  "reports effective preload overrides through %s without executing source",
+  async (surface, { cli }) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-preload-overrides-");
+    const sourceLines = scenarios.map(
+      ({ preferences }) =>
+        `new BrowserWindow({webPreferences:{${preferences}}});`,
+    );
+    await Promise.all([
+      writeFile(join(root, "main.js"), `${sourceLines.join("\n")}\n`),
+      writeFile(join(root, "first.js"), 'throw new Error("inert preload");\n'),
+      writeFile(join(root, "last.js"), 'throw new Error("inert preload");\n'),
+    ]);
+
+    let document: unknown;
+    if (surface === "CLI") {
+      const response = await cli.run({
+        arguments: ["analyze-javascript-application", root, "--format", "json"],
+        environment: { REA_LOG_LEVEL: "silent" },
+      });
+      expect(response.exitCode, response.stderr).toBe(0);
+      document = response.json;
+    } else {
+      const { call } = await connectLocalToolsMcp();
+      const response = await call("analyze_javascript_application", {
+        input_path: root,
+      });
+      expect(response.isError, JSON.stringify(response)).not.toBe(true);
+      document = response.structuredContent;
+    }
+    const { graph } = z
+      .object({ normalized_result: javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema })
+      .parse(document).normalized_result;
+    const windows = graph.nodes.filter(({ kind }) => kind === "browser-window");
+    expect(windows).toHaveLength(scenarios.length);
+
+    for (const [index, scenario] of scenarios.entries()) {
+      const window = windows.find((node) => {
+        const location = node.observations[0]?.evidence.location;
+        return (
+          location?.available &&
+          location.value.kind === "source-range" &&
+          location.value.start.line === index + 1
+        );
+      });
+      const observation = window?.observations[0];
+      expect.soft(observation, scenario.preferences).toMatchObject({
+        properties: {
+          web_preferences_status: "object-literal",
+          preload_path: scenario.preloadPath,
+          preload_resolution_context:
+            scenario.preloadPath === null ? null : "module-specifier",
+          web_preferences: expect.arrayContaining([
+            {
+              name: "preload",
+              value: {
+                status: "literal",
+                value: "./first.js",
+                expression: null,
+              },
+            },
+          ]),
+        },
+        evidence: {
+          state: "observed",
+          location: {
+            available: true,
+            value: {
+              kind: "source-range",
+              source: "main.js",
+              start: { line: index + 1, column: 0 },
+              end: {
+                line: index + 1,
+                column: (sourceLines[index]?.length ?? 0) - 1,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      if ("overrideExpression" in scenario)
+        expect.soft(observation?.properties.web_preferences).toEqual(
+          expect.arrayContaining([
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              value: {
+                status: "dynamic",
+                value: null,
+                expression: scenario.overrideExpression,
+              },
+            }),
+          ]),
+        );
+      const associations = graph.edges.filter(
+        (edge) =>
+          edge.source_node_id === window?.node_id &&
+          edge.evidence.extractor.operation ===
+            "associate-browser-window-preload",
+      );
+      if (scenario.preloadPath === null) {
+        expect.soft(associations, scenario.preferences).toEqual([]);
+      } else {
+        expect.soft(associations, scenario.preferences).toMatchObject([
+          {
+            relation: "loads",
+            properties: {
+              declared_path: scenario.preloadPath,
+              resolved_path: scenario.preloadPath.slice(2),
+              resolution_status: "resolved",
+            },
+          },
+        ]);
+      }
+    }
+  },
+);