diff --git a/codegen/templates/templates.go b/codegen/templates/templates.go
index 0c9c104d40e..4b55eedd712 100644
--- a/codegen/templates/templates.go
+++ b/codegen/templates/templates.go
@@ -706,6 +706,8 @@ func TypeIdentifier(t types.Type) string {
 	res := ""
 	for {
 		switch it := code.Unalias(t).(type) {
+		case *types.Alias:
+			return TypeIdentifier(it.Underlying())
 		case *types.Pointer:
 			t.Underlying()
 			res += "ᚖ"
diff --git a/codegen/templates/templates_test.go b/codegen/templates/templates_test.go
index d8b8ebf7b3b..47bc73872b2 100644
--- a/codegen/templates/templates_test.go
+++ b/codegen/templates/templates_test.go
@@ -381,3 +381,26 @@ func TestTypeName(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, test.expected, result)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTypeIdentifierWithAlias(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a new package
+	pkg := types.NewPackage("example.com/pkg", "pkg")
+
+	// Create a basic type (e.g., string)
+	basicType := types.Typ[types.String]
+
+	// Create an alias type
+	aliasType := types.NewAlias(types.NewTypeName(0, pkg, "MyAlias", nil), basicType)
+
+	// Create a named type that uses the alias
+	namedType := types.NewNamed(types.NewTypeName(0, pkg, "MyType", nil), aliasType, nil)
+
+	// Test the TypeIdentifier function
+	result := TypeIdentifier(namedType)
+
+	// Expected result
+	// The package path will be encoded, and we expect it to resolve to the underlying type
+	expected := "exampleᚗcomᚋpkgᚐMyType"
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, result, "TypeIdentifier should handle alias types correctly")
+}