diff --git a/rust/crates/rusticol-core/src/engine/model_parameters.rs b/rust/crates/rusticol-core/src/engine/model_parameters.rs
index 0fe94257..f3949a34 100644
--- a/rust/crates/rusticol-core/src/engine/model_parameters.rs
+++ b/rust/crates/rusticol-core/src/engine/model_parameters.rs
@@ -235,10 +235,22 @@ impl ExecutionRuntime {
             }
         }
         for (pdg, name) in &self.particle_mass_parameter_names {
-            let Some(slots) = self.model_parameter_runtime_slots.get(name) else {
-                continue;
+            // A settable mass has a runtime slot. A derived mass (for example MW from aEWM1, Gf and
+            // MZ in a G_mu-scheme UFO) has none: take the real component refreshed by the
+            // derived-parameter evaluator, so wavefunctions and propagators follow the inputs.
+            let index = match self.model_parameter_runtime_slots.get(name) {
+                Some(slots) => Some(slots.real),
+                None => self
+                    .model_parameters
+                    .iter()
+                    .find(|parameter| {
+                        parameter.kind == "derived_parameter_component"
+                            && parameter.runtime_name.as_deref() == Some(name.as_str())
+                            && parameter.complex_component.as_deref() == Some("real")
+                    })
+                    .map(|parameter| parameter.parameter_index),
             };
-            if let Some(value) = values.get(slots.real) {
+            if let Some(value) = index.and_then(|index| values.get(index)) {
                 particle_masses.insert(*pdg, *value);
             }
         }
diff --git a/rust/crates/rusticol-core/tests/derived_particle_masses.rs b/rust/crates/rusticol-core/tests/derived_particle_masses.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3617995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/crates/rusticol-core/tests/derived_particle_masses.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
+//! A particle mass that is a derived model parameter follows the external inputs after
+//! `set_model_parameters`. In a G_mu-scheme UFO, MW is derived from aEWM1, Gf and MZ; the W
+//! wavefunctions and propagators must use the refreshed MW, not the value derived from the artifact
+//! defaults. Then |M|² of u d~ > W+ H, with the W on the refreshed mass shell, is invariant under a
+//! boost along z; with a stale MW the polarisation sum is taken on another mass shell and the
+//! result changes with the frame (by about 5e-5 at the point below, for MW 80.369 against 80.419).
+//!
+//! Supply the artifact with
+//! `pyamplicol generate 'u d~ > W+ H' DIR --model models/json/sm/sm.json --restriction no_b_mass
+//! --execution-mode compiled` (QED = 2) and `RUSTICOL_DERIVED_MASS_ARTIFACT=DIR`.
+
+use rusticol_core::NativeRuntime;
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, path::PathBuf};
+
+/// u(p1) d~(p2) > W+(p3) H(p4) at sqrt(s) = 500 GeV, cos(theta) = 3/10, in a frame boosted along z
+/// with rapidity `y` (exact on-shell light-cone construction in binary64).
+fn momenta(mw: f64, mh: f64, y: f64) -> Vec<f64> {
+    let root_s = 500.0_f64;
+    let s = root_s * root_s;
+    let e3 = (s + mw * mw - mh * mh) / (2.0 * root_s);
+    let p = (e3 * e3 - mw * mw).sqrt();
+    let (cos, sin) = (0.3_f64, (1.0_f64 - 0.09).sqrt());
+    let half = root_s / 2.0;
+    let rest = [
+        [half, 0.0, 0.0, half],
+        [half, 0.0, 0.0, -half],
+        [e3, p * sin, 0.0, p * cos],
+        [root_s - e3, -p * sin, 0.0, -p * cos],
+    ];
+    let masses = [0.0, 0.0, mw, mh];
+    rest.iter()
+        .zip(masses)
+        .flat_map(|(q, m)| {
+            let m_t2 = m * m + q[1] * q[1] + q[2] * q[2];
+            let (plus, minus) = if q[3] >= 0.0 {
+                (q[0] + q[3], m_t2 / (q[0] + q[3]))
+            } else {
+                (m_t2 / (q[0] - q[3]), q[0] - q[3])
+            };
+            let (plus, minus) = (plus * y.exp(), minus * (-y).exp());
+            [(plus + minus) / 2.0, q[1], q[2], (plus - minus) / 2.0]
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn derived_particle_mass_follows_the_external_inputs() {
+    let Some(path) = std::env::var_os("RUSTICOL_DERIVED_MASS_ARTIFACT") else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let mut runtime = NativeRuntime::load(PathBuf::from(path), Some("u d~ > W+ H"), None).unwrap();
+    let default_mw = runtime.model_parameter_value("MW").unwrap().0;
+    // G_mu inputs for MW = 80.3692 GeV (instead of the default 80.419 GeV).
+    runtime
+        .set_model_parameters(&BTreeMap::from([
+            ("aEWM1".to_string(), (132.1001485837534, 0.0)),
+            ("Gf".to_string(), (1.1663788e-5, 0.0)),
+        ]))
+        .unwrap();
+    let mw = runtime.model_parameter_value("MW").unwrap().0;
+    let mh = runtime.model_parameter_value("MH").unwrap().0;
+    assert!((mw - default_mw).abs() > 1e-2, "the inputs must move MW ({default_mw} -> {mw})");
+    let at = |runtime: &mut NativeRuntime, y: f64| runtime.evaluate_f64(&momenta(mw, mh, y), 1).unwrap()[0];
+    let rest = at(&mut runtime, 0.0);
+    for y in [0.5, -1.0] {
+        let boosted = at(&mut runtime, y);
+        let violation = (boosted / rest - 1.0).abs();
+        assert!(violation < 1e-12, "|M|^2 changes by {violation:e} under a boost with rapidity {y}");
+    }
+}