diff --git a/java/change-notes/2021-03-05-commons-object-utils.md b/java/change-notes/2021-03-05-commons-object-utils.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c219fb8f5bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/change-notes/2021-03-05-commons-object-utils.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+lgtm,codescanning
+* Added models for `ObjectUtils` methods in the Apache Commons Lang library. This may lead to more results from any dataflow query where traversal of `ObjectUtils` methods means we can now complete a path from a source of tainted data to a corresponding sink.
diff --git a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/frameworks/apache/Lang.qll b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/frameworks/apache/Lang.qll
index b2fb782899ca..0b64361c0183 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/frameworks/apache/Lang.qll
+++ b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/frameworks/apache/Lang.qll
@@ -396,3 +396,30 @@ private class ApacheRegExUtilsModel extends SummaryModelCsv {
       ]
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Taint-propagating models for `ObjectUtils`.
+ */
+private class ApacheObjectUtilsModel extends SummaryModelCsv {
+  override predicate row(string row) {
+    row =
+      [
+        // Note all the functions annotated with `taint` flow really should have `value` flow,
+        // but we don't support value-preserving varargs functions at the moment.
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;clone;;;Argument;ReturnValue;value",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;cloneIfPossible;;;Argument;ReturnValue;value",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;CONST;;;Argument;ReturnValue;value",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;CONST_BYTE;;;Argument;ReturnValue;value",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;CONST_SHORT;;;Argument;ReturnValue;value",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;defaultIfNull;;;Argument;ReturnValue;value",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;firstNonNull;;;Argument;ReturnValue;taint",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;getIfNull;;;Argument[0];ReturnValue;value",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;max;;;Argument;ReturnValue;taint",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;median;;;Argument;ReturnValue;taint",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;min;;;Argument;ReturnValue;taint",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;mode;;;Argument;ReturnValue;taint",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;requireNonEmpty;;;Argument[0];ReturnValue;value",
+        "org.apache.commons.lang3;ObjectUtils;false;toString;(Object,String);;Argument[1];ReturnValue;value"
+      ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/apache-commons-lang3/ObjectUtilsTest.java b/java/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/apache-commons-lang3/ObjectUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d586b887290c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/apache-commons-lang3/ObjectUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ObjectUtils;
+
+public class ObjectUtilsTest {
+  String taint() { return "tainted"; }
+
+  private static class IntSource {
+    static int taint() { return 0; }
+  }
+
+  void sink(Object o) {}
+
+  void test() throws Exception {
+    sink(ObjectUtils.clone(taint())); // $hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.cloneIfPossible(taint())); // $hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.CONST(taint())); // $hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.CONST_SHORT(IntSource.taint())); // $hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.CONST_BYTE(IntSource.taint())); // $hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull(taint(), null)); // $hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull(null, taint())); // $hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.firstNonNull(taint(), null, null)); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.firstNonNull(null, taint(), null)); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.firstNonNull(null, null, taint())); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.getIfNull(taint(), null)); // $hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.max(taint(), null, null)); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.max(null, taint(), null)); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.max(null, null, taint())); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.median(taint(), null, null)); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.median((String)null, taint(), null)); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.median((String)null, null, taint())); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.min(taint(), null, null)); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.min(null, taint(), null)); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.min(null, null, taint())); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.mode(taint(), null, null)); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.mode(null, taint(), null)); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.mode(null, null, taint())); // $hasTaintFlow $MISSING:hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.requireNonEmpty(taint(), "message")); // $hasValueFlow
+    sink(ObjectUtils.requireNonEmpty("not null", taint())); // GOOD (message doesn't propagate to the return)
+    sink(ObjectUtils.toString(taint(), "default string")); // GOOD (first argument is stringified)
+    sink(ObjectUtils.toString(null, taint())); // $hasValueFlow
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/apache-commons-lang3/flow.ql b/java/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/apache-commons-lang3/flow.ql
index be46920c0882..b86d7b2611bc 100644
--- a/java/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/apache-commons-lang3/flow.ql
+++ b/java/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/apache-commons-lang3/flow.ql
@@ -2,8 +2,20 @@ import java
 import semmle.code.java.dataflow.TaintTracking
 import TestUtilities.InlineExpectationsTest
 
-class Conf extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
-  Conf() { this = "qltest:frameworks:apache-commons-lang3" }
+class TaintFlowConf extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
+  TaintFlowConf() { this = "qltest:frameworks:apache-commons-lang3-taint-flow" }
+
+  override predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node n) {
+    n.asExpr().(MethodAccess).getMethod().hasName("taint")
+  }
+
+  override predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node n) {
+    exists(MethodAccess ma | ma.getMethod().hasName("sink") | n.asExpr() = ma.getAnArgument())
+  }
+}
+
+class ValueFlowConf extends DataFlow::Configuration {
+  ValueFlowConf() { this = "qltest:frameworks:apache-commons-lang3-value-flow" }
 
   override predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node n) {
     n.asExpr().(MethodAccess).getMethod().hasName("taint")
@@ -17,11 +29,19 @@ class Conf extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
 class HasFlowTest extends InlineExpectationsTest {
   HasFlowTest() { this = "HasFlowTest" }
 
-  override string getARelevantTag() { result = "hasTaintFlow" }
+  override string getARelevantTag() { result = ["hasTaintFlow", "hasValueFlow"] }
 
   override predicate hasActualResult(Location location, string element, string tag, string value) {
     tag = "hasTaintFlow" and
-    exists(DataFlow::Node src, DataFlow::Node sink, Conf conf | conf.hasFlow(src, sink) |
+    exists(DataFlow::Node src, DataFlow::Node sink, TaintFlowConf conf | conf.hasFlow(src, sink) |
+      not any(ValueFlowConf vconf).hasFlow(src, sink) and
+      sink.getLocation() = location and
+      element = sink.toString() and
+      value = ""
+    )
+    or
+    tag = "hasValueFlow" and
+    exists(DataFlow::Node src, DataFlow::Node sink, ValueFlowConf conf | conf.hasFlow(src, sink) |
       sink.getLocation() = location and
       element = sink.toString() and
       value = ""
diff --git a/java/ql/test/stubs/apache-commons-lang3-3.7/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtils.java b/java/ql/test/stubs/apache-commons-lang3-3.7/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdd2281cfc61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/test/stubs/apache-commons-lang3-3.7/org/apache/commons/lang3/ObjectUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.lang3;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.StrBuilder;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // deprecated class StrBuilder is imported
+// because it is part of the signature of deprecated methods
+public class ObjectUtils {
+    public static class Null implements Serializable {
+    }
+    public static final Null NULL = new Null();
+
+    public static boolean allNotNull(final Object... values) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean allNull(final Object... values) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean anyNotNull(final Object... values) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean anyNull(final Object... values) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T clone(final T obj) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T cloneIfPossible(final T obj) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> int compare(final T c1, final T c2) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> int compare(final T c1, final T c2, final boolean nullGreater) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean CONST(final boolean v) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    public static byte CONST(final byte v) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static char CONST(final char v) {
+      return '\0';
+    }
+
+    public static double CONST(final double v) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static float CONST(final float v) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static int CONST(final int v) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static long CONST(final long v) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static short CONST(final short v) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T CONST(final T v) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static byte CONST_BYTE(final int v) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static short CONST_SHORT(final int v) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T defaultIfNull(final T object, final T defaultValue) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean equals(final Object object1, final Object object2) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T firstNonNull(final T... values) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T getFirstNonNull(final Supplier<T>... suppliers) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T getIfNull(final T object, final Supplier<T> defaultSupplier) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static int hashCode(final Object obj) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static int hashCodeMulti(final Object... objects) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static void identityToString(final Appendable appendable, final Object object) throws IOException {
+    }
+
+    public static String identityToString(final Object object) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static void identityToString(final StrBuilder builder, final Object object) {
+    }
+
+    public static void identityToString(final StringBuffer buffer, final Object object) {
+    }
+
+    public static void identityToString(final StringBuilder builder, final Object object) {
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isEmpty(final Object object) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isNotEmpty(final Object object) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> T max(final T... values) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T median(final Comparator<T> comparator, final T... items) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> T median(final T... items) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> T min(final T... values) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T mode(final T... items) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean notEqual(final Object object1, final Object object2) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T requireNonEmpty(final T obj) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static <T> T requireNonEmpty(final T obj, final String message) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static String toString(final Object obj) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static String toString(final Object obj, final String nullStr) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static String toString(final Object obj, final Supplier<String> supplier) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    public static void wait(final Object obj, final Duration duration) throws InterruptedException {
+    }
+
+    public ObjectUtils() {
+    }
+
+}