diff --git a/lib/field.gi b/lib/field.gi
index f5eadb8ede..c4ee2c4895 100644
--- a/lib/field.gi
+++ b/lib/field.gi
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ InstallMethod( PreImagesElm,
     FamRangeEqFamElm,
     [ IsFieldHomomorphism, IsObject ],
     function ( hom, elm )
-    if IsInjective( hom ) = 1 then
+    if IsInjective( hom ) then
       return [ PreImagesRepresentative( hom, elm ) ];
     elif IsZero( elm ) then
       return Source( hom );
diff --git a/lib/fieldfin.gi b/lib/fieldfin.gi
index 89b3d0aa79..612e990f38 100644
--- a/lib/fieldfin.gi
+++ b/lib/fieldfin.gi
@@ -759,6 +759,15 @@ InstallMethod( ImagesRepresentative,
     return elm ^ aut!.power;
     end );
 
+InstallMethod( PreImagesRepresentative,
+    "for Frobenius automorphism and range element",
+    FamRangeEqFamElm,
+    [ IsFrobeniusAutomorphism, IsObject ],
+    function( aut, elm )
+    # the inverse is again a Frobenius automorphism (or the identity)
+    return ImagesRepresentative( InverseGeneralMapping( aut ), elm );
+    end );
+
 InstallMethod( CompositionMapping2,
     "for two Frobenius automorphisms",
     IsIdenticalObj,
diff --git a/tst/testbugfix/2026-08-28-PreImagesFrobenius.tst b/tst/testbugfix/2026-08-28-PreImagesFrobenius.tst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6bd957556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tst/testbugfix/2026-08-28-PreImagesFrobenius.tst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# `PreImagesElm' for field homomorphisms compared `IsInjective' with 1
+# (a GAP3 leftover), so the injective branch was dead and every nonzero
+# element got the empty preimage. Fixing that exposed that Frobenius
+# automorphisms had no `PreImagesRepresentative' method at all.
+gap> frob := FrobeniusAutomorphism(GF(4));;
+gap> PreImagesRepresentative(frob, Z(4));
+Z(2^2)^2
+gap> ImageElm(frob, PreImagesRepresentative(frob, Z(4))) = Z(4);
+true
+gap> PreImagesElm(frob, Z(4));
+[ Z(2^2)^2 ]
+gap> PreImagesElm(frob, 0*Z(4));
+[ 0*Z(2) ]
+gap> PreImagesSet(frob, GF(4)) = GF(4);
+true
+
+# a proper power of the Frobenius automorphism over a larger field
+gap> aut := FrobeniusAutomorphism(GF(8))^2;;
+gap> x := PreImagesRepresentative(aut, Z(8));;
+gap> ImageElm(aut, x) = Z(8);
+true
+gap> PreImagesElm(aut, Z(8)) = [ x ];
+true