diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 0c5c23f69a..bbe2950f62 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -4358,7 +4358,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) for_in_stmt(mut node ast.ForInStmt) {
 		}
 		node.scope.update_var_type(node.val_var, node.val_type)
 	} else {
-		sym := c.table.get_type_symbol(typ)
+		sym := c.table.get_final_type_symbol(typ)
 		if sym.kind == .struct_ {
 			// iterators
 			next_fn := sym.find_method('next') or {
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/for_in_alias_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/for_in_alias_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af5ce8b45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/for_in_alias_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+enum Nucleotide {
+	a
+	c
+	g
+	t
+}
+
+type Codon = []Nucleotide
+type Gene = []Codon
+
+fn test_for_in_alias() {
+	mut gene := Gene([
+		Codon([Nucleotide.a, Nucleotide.c, Nucleotide.g]),
+		Codon([Nucleotide.g, Nucleotide.a, Nucleotide.t]),
+	])
+
+	mut ret := []string{}
+	for cdn in gene {
+		println(cdn)
+		ret << '$cdn'
+	}
+
+	assert ret.len == 2
+	assert ret[0] == 'Codon([a, c, g])'
+	assert ret[1] == 'Codon([g, a, t])'
+}