diff --git a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenMethodCall.kt b/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenMethodCall.kt
index a55332566b8..036924fb309 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenMethodCall.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenMethodCall.kt
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ class ForbiddenMethodCall(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
             "Methods can be defined without full signature (i.e. `java.time.LocalDate.now`) which will report " +
             "calls of all methods with this name or with full signature " +
             "(i.e. `java.time.LocalDate(java.time.Clock)`) which would report only call " +
-            "with this concrete signature."
+            "with this concrete signature. If you want to forbid an extension function like" +
+            "`fun String.hello(a: Int)` you should add the receiver parameter as the first parameter like this: " +
+            "`hello(kotlin.String, kotlin.Int)`"
     )
     private val methods: List<FunctionMatcher> by config(
         listOf(
diff --git a/detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenMethodCallSpec.kt b/detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenMethodCallSpec.kt
index 21e31b455fa..b7e05ba3020 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenMethodCallSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenMethodCallSpec.kt
@@ -318,5 +318,21 @@ class ForbiddenMethodCallSpec : Spek({
             ).compileAndLintWithContext(env, code)
             assertThat(findings).hasSize(1)
         }
+
+        it("should report extension functions") {
+            val code = """
+                package org.example
+
+                fun String.bar() = Unit
+
+                fun foo() {
+                    "".bar()
+                }
+            """
+            val findings = ForbiddenMethodCall(
+                TestConfig(mapOf(METHODS to listOf("org.example.bar(kotlin.String)")))
+            ).compileAndLintWithContext(env, code)
+            assertThat(findings).hasSize(1)
+        }
     }
 })
diff --git a/detekt-tooling/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/tooling/api/FunctionMatcher.kt b/detekt-tooling/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/tooling/api/FunctionMatcher.kt
index a5c5babaaca..2a82cd1d73c 100644
--- a/detekt-tooling/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/tooling/api/FunctionMatcher.kt
+++ b/detekt-tooling/src/main/kotlin/io/github/detekt/tooling/api/FunctionMatcher.kt
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ sealed class FunctionMatcher {
         override fun match(callableDescriptor: CallableDescriptor): Boolean {
             if (callableDescriptor.fqNameOrNull()?.asString() != fullyQualifiedName) return false
 
-            val encounteredParamTypes = callableDescriptor.valueParameters
-                .map { it.type.fqNameOrNull()?.asString() }
+            val encounteredParamTypes =
+                (listOfNotNull(callableDescriptor.extensionReceiverParameter) + callableDescriptor.valueParameters)
+                    .map { it.type.fqNameOrNull()?.asString() }
 
             return encounteredParamTypes == parameters
         }
@@ -45,8 +46,9 @@ sealed class FunctionMatcher {
             if (bindingContext == BindingContext.EMPTY) return false
             if (function.name != fullyQualifiedName) return false
 
-            val encounteredParameters = function.valueParameters
-                .map { bindingContext[BindingContext.TYPE, it.typeReference]?.fqNameOrNull()?.toString() }
+            val encounteredParameters =
+                (listOfNotNull(function.receiverTypeReference) + function.valueParameters.map { it.typeReference })
+                    .map { bindingContext[BindingContext.TYPE, it]?.fqNameOrNull()?.toString() }
 
             return encounteredParameters == parameters
         }
diff --git a/detekt-tooling/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/tooling/api/FunctionMatcherSpec.kt b/detekt-tooling/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/tooling/api/FunctionMatcherSpec.kt
index ca0230b2a2b..da6862eeed6 100644
--- a/detekt-tooling/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/tooling/api/FunctionMatcherSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-tooling/src/test/kotlin/io/github/detekt/tooling/api/FunctionMatcherSpec.kt
@@ -186,6 +186,66 @@ class FunctionMatcherSpec(private val env: KotlinCoreEnvironment) {
             val methodSignature = FunctionMatcher.fromFunctionSignature("toString(String)")
             assertThat(methodSignature.match(function, bindingContext)).isEqualTo(result)
         }
+
+        @DisplayName("When lambdas foo(() -> kotlin.String)")
+        @ParameterizedTest(name = "in case {0} it return {1}")
+        @CsvSource(
+            "fun foo(a: () -> String),          true",
+            "fun foo(a: () -> Unit),            true",
+            "fun foo(a: (String) -> String),    false",
+            "fun foo(a: (String) -> Unit),      false",
+            "fun foo(a: (Int) -> Unit),         false",
+        )
+        fun `When foo(() - kotlin#String)`(code: String, result: Boolean) {
+            val (function, bindingContext) = buildKtFunction(env, code)
+            val methodSignature = FunctionMatcher.fromFunctionSignature("foo(() -> kotlin.String)")
+            assertThat(methodSignature.match(function, bindingContext)).isEqualTo(result)
+        }
+
+        @DisplayName("When lambdas foo((kotlin.String) -> Unit)")
+        @ParameterizedTest(name = "in case {0} it return {1}")
+        @CsvSource(
+            "fun foo(a: () -> String),          false",
+            "fun foo(a: () -> Unit),            false",
+            "fun foo(a: (String) -> String),    true",
+            "fun foo(a: (String) -> Unit),      true",
+            "fun foo(a: (Int) -> Unit),         true",
+        )
+        fun `When foo((kotlin#String) - Unit)`(code: String, result: Boolean) {
+            val (function, bindingContext) = buildKtFunction(env, code)
+            val methodSignature = FunctionMatcher.fromFunctionSignature("foo((kotlin.String) -> Unit)")
+            assertThat(methodSignature.match(function, bindingContext)).isEqualTo(result)
+        }
+
+        @DisplayName("When extension functions foo(kotlin.String)")
+        @ParameterizedTest(name = "in case {0} it return {1}")
+        @CsvSource(
+            "fun String.foo(),              true",
+            "fun foo(a: String),            true",
+            "fun Int.foo(),                 false",
+            "fun String.foo(a: Int),        false",
+            "'fun foo(a: String, ba: Int)', false",
+        )
+        fun `When foo(kotlin#String)`(code: String, result: Boolean) {
+            val (function, bindingContext) = buildKtFunction(env, code)
+            val methodSignature = FunctionMatcher.fromFunctionSignature("foo(kotlin.String)")
+            assertThat(methodSignature.match(function, bindingContext)).isEqualTo(result)
+        }
+
+        @DisplayName("When extension functions foo(kotlin.String, kotlin.Int)")
+        @ParameterizedTest(name = "in case {0} it return {1}")
+        @CsvSource(
+            "fun String.foo(),              false",
+            "fun foo(a: String),            false",
+            "fun Int.foo(),                 false",
+            "fun String.foo(a: Int),        true",
+            "'fun foo(a: String, ba: Int)', true",
+        )
+        fun `When foo(kotlin#String, kotlin#Int)`(code: String, result: Boolean) {
+            val (function, bindingContext) = buildKtFunction(env, code)
+            val methodSignature = FunctionMatcher.fromFunctionSignature("foo(kotlin.String, kotlin.Int)")
+            assertThat(methodSignature.match(function, bindingContext)).isEqualTo(result)
+        }
     }
 }