diff --git a/go/extractor/extractor.go b/go/extractor/extractor.go
index c0eef233ba583..8b52be4553e37 100644
--- a/go/extractor/extractor.go
+++ b/go/extractor/extractor.go
@@ -475,12 +475,12 @@ func extractObjects(tw *trap.Writer, scope *types.Scope, scopeLabel trap.Label)
 				populateTypeParamParents(funcObj.Type().(*types.Signature).TypeParams(), obj)
 				populateTypeParamParents(funcObj.Type().(*types.Signature).RecvTypeParams(), obj)
 			}
-			// Populate type parameter parents for named types. Note that we
-			// skip type aliases as the original type should be the parent
-			// of any type parameters.
-			if typeNameObj, ok := obj.(*types.TypeName); ok && !typeNameObj.IsAlias() {
+			// Populate type parameter parents for named types.
+			if typeNameObj, ok := obj.(*types.TypeName); ok {
 				if tp, ok := typeNameObj.Type().(*types.Named); ok {
 					populateTypeParamParents(tp.TypeParams(), obj)
+				} else if tp, ok := typeNameObj.Type().(*types.Alias); ok {
+					populateTypeParamParents(tp.TypeParams(), obj)
 				}
 			}
 			extractObject(tw, obj, lbl)
diff --git a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Aliases.expected b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Aliases.expected
index 2c09dd790a565..64a07bdfd9300 100644
--- a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Aliases.expected
+++ b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Aliases.expected
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ entities
 | aliases.go | aliases.go:22:6:22:6 | T | 1 | aliases.go:19:6:19:7 | S3 |
 | aliases.go | aliases.go:25:6:25:6 | H | 1 | file://:0:0:0:0 | signature type |
 | aliases.go | aliases.go:25:8:25:11 | Afs3 | 1 | aliases.go:19:6:19:7 | S3 |
+| aliases.go | aliases.go:29:6:29:9 | User | 1 | aliases.go:29:6:29:9 | User |
+| aliases.go | aliases.go:29:11:29:15 | UserT | 1 | file://:0:0:0:0 | type parameter type |
+| aliases.go | aliases.go:29:30:29:30 | x | 1 | file://:0:0:0:0 | type parameter type |
+| aliases.go | aliases.go:32:6:32:14 | UserAlias | 1 | aliases.go:29:6:29:9 | User |
+| aliases.go | aliases.go:32:16:32:25 | UserAliasT | 1 | file://:0:0:0:0 | type parameter type |
 #select
 | F | func(struct { x int }) int |
 | G | func(struct { x int }) int |
diff --git a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_getPackage.expected b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_getPackage.expected
index 83f4093da50ef..626b194b3d637 100644
--- a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_getPackage.expected
+++ b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_getPackage.expected
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 | aliases.go:6:26:6:26 | x | package codeql-go-types |
 | aliases.go:8:26:8:26 | x | package codeql-go-types |
 | aliases.go:19:17:19:17 | x | package codeql-go-types |
+| aliases.go:29:30:29:30 | x | package codeql-go-types |
 | cyclic.go:4:3:4:3 | s | package codeql-go-types |
 | cyclic.go:8:3:8:3 | u | package codeql-go-types |
 | cyclic.go:9:2:9:2 | f | package codeql-go-types |
diff --git a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_hasQualifiedName2.expected b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_hasQualifiedName2.expected
index 4c354d961d687..ac059a358a55f 100644
--- a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_hasQualifiedName2.expected
+++ b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_hasQualifiedName2.expected
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 | aliases.go:6:26:6:26 | x | codeql-go-types.S3 | x |
 | aliases.go:8:26:8:26 | x | codeql-go-types.S3 | x |
 | aliases.go:19:17:19:17 | x | codeql-go-types.S3 | x |
+| aliases.go:29:30:29:30 | x | codeql-go-types.User | x |
 | cyclic.go:4:3:4:3 | s | codeql-go-types.s | s |
 | cyclic.go:8:3:8:3 | u | codeql-go-types.t | u |
 | cyclic.go:8:3:8:3 | u | codeql-go-types.u | u |
diff --git a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_hasQualifiedName3.expected b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_hasQualifiedName3.expected
index 0e4ba3035e89f..2055e864b4307 100644
--- a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_hasQualifiedName3.expected
+++ b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Field_hasQualifiedName3.expected
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 | aliases.go:6:26:6:26 | x | codeql-go-types | S3 | x |
 | aliases.go:8:26:8:26 | x | codeql-go-types | S3 | x |
 | aliases.go:19:17:19:17 | x | codeql-go-types | S3 | x |
+| aliases.go:29:30:29:30 | x | codeql-go-types | User | x |
 | cyclic.go:4:3:4:3 | s | codeql-go-types | s | s |
 | cyclic.go:8:3:8:3 | u | codeql-go-types | t | u |
 | cyclic.go:8:3:8:3 | u | codeql-go-types | u | u |
diff --git a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/GenericTypeInstantiationExpr.expected b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/GenericTypeInstantiationExpr.expected
index a6941dc84a2a6..aba8309a3d77e 100644
--- a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/GenericTypeInstantiationExpr.expected
+++ b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/GenericTypeInstantiationExpr.expected
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+| aliases.go:32:34:32:49 | generic type instantiation expression | aliases.go:32:34:32:37 | User | 0 | aliases.go:32:39:32:48 | UserAliasT |
 | generic.go:12:16:12:40 | generic type instantiation expression | generic.go:12:16:12:37 | CircularGenericStruct1 | 0 | generic.go:12:39:12:39 | T |
 | generic.go:16:7:16:31 | generic type instantiation expression | generic.go:16:7:16:28 | CircularGenericStruct1 | 0 | generic.go:16:30:16:30 | T |
 | generic.go:20:14:20:30 | generic type instantiation expression | generic.go:20:14:20:27 | GenericStruct1 | 0 | generic.go:20:29:20:29 | S |
diff --git a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/QualifiedNames.expected b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/QualifiedNames.expected
index 3d7e74b5a530e..847cb6603a0c4 100644
--- a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/QualifiedNames.expected
+++ b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/QualifiedNames.expected
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 | aliases.go:19:6:19:7 | S3 | codeql-go-types.S3 |
+| aliases.go:29:6:29:9 | User | codeql-go-types.User |
 | cyclic.go:3:6:3:6 | s | codeql-go-types.s |
 | cyclic.go:7:6:7:6 | t | codeql-go-types.t |
 | cyclic.go:12:6:12:6 | u | codeql-go-types.u |
diff --git a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/StructFields.expected b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/StructFields.expected
index 1757e0cdaf95a..d644bb7d019ed 100644
--- a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/StructFields.expected
+++ b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/StructFields.expected
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 | aliases.go:19:6:19:7 | S3 | aliases.go:6:18:6:37 | struct type | x | int |
 | aliases.go:19:6:19:7 | S3 | aliases.go:8:18:8:37 | struct type | x | int |
 | aliases.go:19:6:19:7 | S3 | aliases.go:19:9:19:23 | struct type | x | int |
+| aliases.go:29:6:29:9 | User | aliases.go:29:22:29:38 | struct type | x | UserT |
 | cyclic.go:3:6:3:6 | s | cyclic.go:3:8:5:1 | struct type | s | * s |
 | cyclic.go:7:6:7:6 | t | cyclic.go:7:8:10:1 | struct type | f | int |
 | cyclic.go:7:6:7:6 | t | cyclic.go:7:8:10:1 | struct type | t | t |
diff --git a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Types.expected b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Types.expected
index ab34dd4d8eef3..233891a2dedb1 100644
--- a/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Types.expected
+++ b/go/ql/test/library-tests/semmle/go/Types/Types.expected
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 | aliases.go:19:6:19:7 | S3 | S3 |
+| aliases.go:29:6:29:9 | User | User |
 | cyclic.go:3:6:3:6 | s | s |
 | cyclic.go:7:6:7:6 | t | t |
 | cyclic.go:12:6:12:6 | u | u |