diff --git a/pcapkit/dumpkit/common.py b/pcapkit/dumpkit/common.py
index adbf92a705..b38095cbb8 100644
--- a/pcapkit/dumpkit/common.py
+++ b/pcapkit/dumpkit/common.py
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ def object_hook(self, o: 'Any') -> 'Any':
                 else:
                     result = render_enum(o)
             else:
-                result = super(type(self), self).object_hook(o)
+                result = super().object_hook(o)
 
             if escape_strings and isinstance(result, str):
                 # NOTE: XML 1.0 has no spelling at all for some characters, not
diff --git a/tests/dumpkit/test_make_dumper_subclass_2144_unit.py b/tests/dumpkit/test_make_dumper_subclass_2144_unit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3134b822c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dumpkit/test_make_dumper_subclass_2144_unit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""GitHub issue #2144: ``make_dumper``'s ``object_hook`` recursed in a subclass.
+
+The fallback branch of the ``object_hook`` that
+:func:`~pcapkit.dumpkit.common.make_dumper` builds called
+``super(type(self), self).object_hook(o)``. In a subclass of the class it
+returns, ``type(self)`` is the subclass, so the call resolved back to that same
+``object_hook`` and recursed until :exc:`RecursionError`. A value no branch
+recognises now falls through to the output class's own ``object_hook``.
+
+:mod:`pcapkit` is imported inside each test, after
+:func:`~tests._support.reimport_once_per_class`.
+
+"""
+
+import importlib.util
+import unittest
+
+from tests._support import reimport_once_per_class
+
+RUNTIME_DEPS = ('tbtrim', 'aenum', 'chardet', 'dictdumper')
+HAS_RUNTIME = all(importlib.util.find_spec(name) is not None for name in RUNTIME_DEPS)
+
+#: Every output class the extractor and the flow tracers hand ``make_dumper``,
+#: as ``(module, name)``.
+OUTPUTS = (
+    ('dictdumper', 'JSON'),
+    ('dictdumper', 'PLIST'),
+    ('dictdumper', 'Tree'),
+    ('pcapkit.dumpkit', 'PCAPIO'),
+    ('pcapkit.dumpkit', 'NotImplementedIO'),
+)
+
+
+class Unhandled:
+    """A value none of the hook's branches recognises."""
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(HAS_RUNTIME, 'runtime dependencies not installed')
+class TestMakeDumperSubclass(unittest.TestCase):
+    """A subclass of ``make_dumper``'s class falls through to the output class."""
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        reimport_once_per_class(self)
+
+    def outputs(self) -> 'list[tuple[str, type]]':
+        """The output classes of :data:`OUTPUTS`, imported."""
+        return [(name, getattr(importlib.import_module(module), name)) for module, name in OUTPUTS]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def hook(cls: 'type', value: 'object') -> 'object':
+        """Call ``cls``'s ``object_hook`` on ``value``.
+
+        The instance is made without ``__init__``, which opens the output file,
+        since the hook reads no state from it. :class:`dictdumper.dumper.Dumper`'s
+        ``__new__`` takes the file name, and ignores it.
+
+        """
+        return cls.__new__(cls, 'unused').object_hook(value)
+
+    def test_subclass_falls_through(self) -> None:
+        """A direct subclass hands an unhandled value to the output class."""
+        from pcapkit.dumpkit.common import make_dumper
+
+        for name, output in self.outputs():
+            with self.subTest(output=name):
+                class Sub(make_dumper(output)):  # type: ignore[misc,valid-type]
+                    pass
+
+                value = Unhandled()
+                self.assertIs(self.hook(Sub, value), value)
+
+    def test_nested_subclass_falls_through(self) -> None:
+        """So does a subclass of that subclass."""
+        from pcapkit.dumpkit.common import make_dumper
+
+        for name, output in self.outputs():
+            with self.subTest(output=name):
+                class Sub(make_dumper(output)):  # type: ignore[misc,valid-type]
+                    pass
+
+                class SubSub(Sub):
+                    pass
+
+                value = Unhandled()
+                self.assertIs(self.hook(SubSub, value), value)
+
+    def test_subclass_override_reaches_the_hook(self) -> None:
+        """A subclass's own ``object_hook`` can defer to the built one."""
+        from pcapkit.dumpkit.common import make_dumper
+
+        for name, output in self.outputs():
+            with self.subTest(output=name):
+                class Sub(make_dumper(output)):  # type: ignore[misc,valid-type]
+                    def object_hook(self, o: 'object') -> 'object':
+                        return ('sub', super().object_hook(o))
+
+                value = Unhandled()
+                self.assertEqual(self.hook(Sub, value), ('sub', value))
+
+    def test_unsubclassed_class_unchanged(self) -> None:
+        """The class ``make_dumper`` returns still falls through as before."""
+        from pcapkit.dumpkit.common import make_dumper
+
+        for name, output in self.outputs():
+            with self.subTest(output=name):
+                value = Unhandled()
+                self.assertIs(self.hook(make_dumper(output), value), value)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()