diff --git a/witness_beacon.go b/witness_beacon.go
index 1c2e78cf1..cefeb2fd3 100644
--- a/witness_beacon.go
+++ b/witness_beacon.go
@@ -107,14 +107,26 @@ func (p *preimageBeacon) SubscribeUpdates(
 		},
 	}
 
+	// Report the forwarding next hop to the interceptor. A channel-ID next
+	// hop is reported directly; a node-ID next hop has no outgoing channel
+	// of its own, so outgoingChanID is hop.Exit and the requested node ID
+	// is exposed separately, exactly as the off-chain interceptor does.
+	// This is the requested next hop, not the channel that non-strict
+	// forwarding eventually selects, so we deliberately do not resolve it
+	// against the circuit map. The RPC boundary maps a node-ID hop to the
+	// NodeIDForwardSCID sentinel for the client.
+	//
 	// Notify the htlc interceptor. There may be a client connected
 	// and willing to supply a preimage.
 	packet := &htlcswitch.InterceptedPacket{
-		Hash:                 htlc.RHash,
-		IncomingExpiry:       htlc.RefundTimeout,
-		IncomingAmount:       htlc.Amt,
-		IncomingCircuit:      inKey,
-		OutgoingChanID:       payload.FwdInfo.NextHopChannel().UnwrapOr(hop.Exit),
+		Hash:            htlc.RHash,
+		IncomingExpiry:  htlc.RefundTimeout,
+		IncomingAmount:  htlc.Amt,
+		IncomingCircuit: inKey,
+		OutgoingChanID: payload.FwdInfo.NextHopChannel().UnwrapOr(
+			hop.Exit,
+		),
+		OutgoingNodeID:       payload.FwdInfo.NextHopNode(),
 		OutgoingExpiry:       payload.FwdInfo.OutgoingCLTV,
 		OutgoingAmount:       payload.FwdInfo.AmountToForward,
 		InOnionCustomRecords: payload.CustomRecords(),
diff --git a/witness_beacon_test.go b/witness_beacon_test.go
index 7ba22db55..dc3e0ddb5 100644
--- a/witness_beacon_test.go
+++ b/witness_beacon_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/chanstate"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/fn/v2"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/graph/db/models"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/htlcswitch"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/htlcswitch/hop"
@@ -97,6 +98,47 @@ func TestWitnessBeaconInterceptErrorCancels(t *testing.T) {
 	p.RUnlock()
 }
 
+// TestWitnessBeaconInterceptNodeID asserts that for a node-ID next hop the
+// on-chain interceptor reports the exit-hop SCID (hop.Exit) together with the
+// requested next node's public key, matching the off-chain interceptor. The
+// next hop is not resolved against the circuit map; the RPC boundary maps
+// hop.Exit to the sentinel.
+func TestWitnessBeaconInterceptNodeID(t *testing.T) {
+	var interceptedFwd htlcswitch.InterceptedForward
+	interceptor := func(fwd htlcswitch.InterceptedForward) error {
+		interceptedFwd = fwd
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	p := newPreimageBeacon(
+		&mockWitnessCache{}, interceptor,
+		func(models.CircuitKey) error {
+			return nil
+		},
+	)
+
+	var nodeID [33]byte
+	nodeID[0] = 0x02
+
+	payload := &hop.Payload{
+		FwdInfo: hop.ForwardingInfo{
+			NextHop: hop.NewNodeNextHop(nodeID),
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err := p.SubscribeUpdates(
+		lnwire.NewShortChanIDFromInt(1),
+		&chanstate.HTLC{RHash: lntypes.Hash{1}},
+		payload, []byte{2},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	packet := interceptedFwd.Packet()
+	require.Equal(t, hop.Exit, packet.OutgoingChanID)
+	require.Equal(t, fn.Some(nodeID), packet.OutgoingNodeID)
+}
+
 type mockWitnessCache struct {
 	witnessCache
 }