diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 5caba4239..43a3eba8c 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ export(with_id)
 export(xml_nodes_to_lints)
 export(yoda_test_linter)
 importFrom(cyclocomp,cyclocomp)
+importFrom(glue,glue)
 importFrom(rex,character_class)
 importFrom(rex,re_matches)
 importFrom(rex,re_substitutes)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b60972245..63322d2f4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 ## Changes to defaults
 
 * `assignment_linter()` lints the {magrittr} assignment pipe `%<>%` (#2008, @MichaelChirico). This can be deactivated by setting the new argument `allow_pipe_assign` to `TRUE`.
-* `object_usage_linter()` finds function usages inside `glue()` calls to avoid false positives for "unused objects" (#2029, @MichaelChirico).
+* `object_usage_linter()`:
+  + assumes `glue()` is `glue::glue()` when `interpret_glue=TRUE` (#2032, @MichaelChirico).
+  + finds function usages inside `glue()` calls to avoid false positives for "unused objects" (#2029, @MichaelChirico).
 
 # lintr 3.1.0
 
diff --git a/R/lintr-package.R b/R/lintr-package.R
index 7ee7a3115..cb46d5ad9 100644
--- a/R/lintr-package.R
+++ b/R/lintr-package.R
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 "_PACKAGE"
 
 ## lintr namespace: start
+#' @importFrom glue glue
 #' @importFrom rex rex regex re_matches re_substitutes character_class
 #' @importFrom stats na.omit
 #' @importFrom utils capture.output head getParseData relist
diff --git a/R/object_usage_linter.R b/R/object_usage_linter.R
index 93341f73d..83949a879 100644
--- a/R/object_usage_linter.R
+++ b/R/object_usage_linter.R
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ extract_glued_symbols <- function(expr) {
     expr,
     xpath = paste0(
       "descendant::SYMBOL_FUNCTION_CALL[text() = 'glue']/", # a glue() call
-      "preceding-sibling::NS_GET/preceding-sibling::SYMBOL_PACKAGE[text() = 'glue']/", # qualified with glue::
       "parent::expr[",
       # without .envir or .transform arguments
       "not(following-sibling::SYMBOL_SUB[text() = '.envir' or text() = '.transform']) and",
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-object_usage_linter.R b/tests/testthat/test-object_usage_linter.R
index 9eea443eb..4f65b3174 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-object_usage_linter.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-object_usage_linter.R
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ test_that("interprets glue expressions", {
     }
   "), NULL, linter)
 
+  # no need for namespace-qualification
+  expect_lint(trim_some("
+    glue <- glue::glue # imitate this being an @import
+    fun <- function() {
+      local_var <- 42
+      glue('The answer is {local_var}.')
+    }
+  "), NULL, linter)
+
   # multiple variables in different interpolations
   expect_lint(trim_some("
     fun <- function() {