diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a7406c1f88ac..6a8f0bbd41d1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 ## Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed X (Java/Python) ([#X](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/X)).
+* Fixed passing of pipeline options to x-lang transforms when called from the Java SDK (Java) ([#36443](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/36443)).
 * PulsarIO has now changed support status from incomplete to experimental. Both read and writes should now minimally
   function (un-partitioned topics, without schema support, timestamp ordered messages for read) (Java)
   ([#36141](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/36141)).
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/util/construction/External.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/util/construction/External.java
index 3ff97e2726e7..6204ae445f8c 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/util/construction/External.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/util/construction/External.java
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ public OutputT expand(InputT input) {
               .setComponents(originalComponents)
               .setTransform(ptransformBuilder.build())
               .setNamespace(getNamespace())
+              .setPipelineOptions(PipelineOptionsTranslation.toProto(p.getOptions()))
               .build();
-      requestBuilder.setPipelineOptions(PipelineOptionsTranslation.toProto(p.getOptions()));
 
       ExpansionApi.ExpansionResponse response =
           clientFactory.getExpansionServiceClient(endpoint).expand(request);