diff --git a/src/Analyser/NameScope.php b/src/Analyser/NameScope.php
index e23497a085..ad0c2bcab7 100644
--- a/src/Analyser/NameScope.php
+++ b/src/Analyser/NameScope.php
@@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ class NameScope
 	/** @var array<string, true> */
 	private array $typeAliasesMap;
 
+	private bool $bypassTypeAliases;
+
 	/**
 	 * @param string|null $namespace
 	 * @param array<string, string> $uses alias(string) => fullName(string)
 	 * @param string|null $className
 	 * @param array<string, true> $typeAliasesMap
 	 */
-	public function __construct(?string $namespace, array $uses, ?string $className = null, ?string $functionName = null, ?TemplateTypeMap $templateTypeMap = null, array $typeAliasesMap = [])
+	public function __construct(?string $namespace, array $uses, ?string $className = null, ?string $functionName = null, ?TemplateTypeMap $templateTypeMap = null, array $typeAliasesMap = [], bool $bypassTypeAliases = false)
 	{
 		$this->namespace = $namespace;
 		$this->uses = $uses;
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ public function __construct(?string $namespace, array $uses, ?string $className
 		$this->functionName = $functionName;
 		$this->templateTypeMap = $templateTypeMap ?? TemplateTypeMap::createEmpty();
 		$this->typeAliasesMap = $typeAliasesMap;
+		$this->bypassTypeAliases = $bypassTypeAliases;
 	}
 
 	public function getNamespace(): ?string
@@ -148,6 +151,16 @@ public function unsetTemplateType(string $name): self
 		);
 	}
 
+	public function bypassTypeAliases(): self
+	{
+		return new self($this->namespace, $this->uses, $this->className, $this->functionName, $this->templateTypeMap, $this->typeAliasesMap, true);
+	}
+
+	public function shouldBypassTypeAliases(): bool
+	{
+		return $this->bypassTypeAliases;
+	}
+
 	public function hasTypeAlias(string $alias): bool
 	{
 		return array_key_exists($alias, $this->typeAliasesMap);
diff --git a/src/PhpDoc/TypeNodeResolver.php b/src/PhpDoc/TypeNodeResolver.php
index fd38987958..3c6d6ce47e 100644
--- a/src/PhpDoc/TypeNodeResolver.php
+++ b/src/PhpDoc/TypeNodeResolver.php
@@ -294,9 +294,11 @@ private function resolveIdentifierTypeNode(IdentifierTypeNode $typeNode, NameSco
 			}
 		}
 
-		$typeAlias = $this->getTypeAliasResolver()->resolveTypeAlias($typeNode->name, $nameScope);
-		if ($typeAlias !== null) {
-			return $typeAlias;
+		if (!$nameScope->shouldBypassTypeAliases()) {
+			$typeAlias = $this->getTypeAliasResolver()->resolveTypeAlias($typeNode->name, $nameScope);
+			if ($typeAlias !== null) {
+				return $typeAlias;
+			}
 		}
 
 		$templateType = $nameScope->resolveTemplateTypeName($typeNode->name);
diff --git a/src/Rules/Classes/LocalTypeAliasesRule.php b/src/Rules/Classes/LocalTypeAliasesRule.php
index d87fd12b46..9773b79dc6 100644
--- a/src/Rules/Classes/LocalTypeAliasesRule.php
+++ b/src/Rules/Classes/LocalTypeAliasesRule.php
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@
 namespace PHPStan\Rules\Classes;
 
 use PhpParser\Node;
+use PHPStan\Analyser\NameScope;
 use PHPStan\Analyser\Scope;
 use PHPStan\Node\InClassNode;
 use PHPStan\PhpDoc\TypeNodeResolver;
+use PHPStan\PhpDocParser\Ast\Type\IdentifierTypeNode;
 use PHPStan\Reflection\ReflectionProvider;
 use PHPStan\Rules\Rule;
 use PHPStan\Rules\RuleErrorBuilder;
 use PHPStan\Type\ErrorType;
+use PHPStan\Type\Generic\TemplateType;
+use PHPStan\Type\ObjectType;
 use PHPStan\Type\TypeTraverser;
 
 /**
@@ -94,6 +98,12 @@ public function processNode(Node $node, Scope $scope): array
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			$importedAs = $typeAliasImportTag->getImportedAs();
+			if ($importedAs !== null && !$this->isAliasNameValid($importedAs, $nameScope)) {
+				$errors[] = RuleErrorBuilder::message(sprintf('Imported type alias %s has an invalid name: %s.', $importedAlias, $importedAs))->build();
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			$importedAliases[] = $aliasName;
 		}
 
@@ -115,6 +125,11 @@ public function processNode(Node $node, Scope $scope): array
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			if (!$this->isAliasNameValid($aliasName, $nameScope)) {
+				$errors[] = RuleErrorBuilder::message(sprintf('Type alias has an invalid name: %s.', $aliasName))->build();
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			$resolvedType = $typeAliasTag->getTypeAlias()->resolve($this->typeNodeResolver);
 			$foundError = false;
 			TypeTraverser::map($resolvedType, static function (\PHPStan\Type\Type $type, callable $traverse) use (&$errors, &$foundError, $aliasName): \PHPStan\Type\Type {
@@ -135,4 +150,15 @@ public function processNode(Node $node, Scope $scope): array
 		return $errors;
 	}
 
+	private function isAliasNameValid(string $aliasName, ?NameScope $nameScope): bool
+	{
+		if ($nameScope === null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		$aliasNameResolvedType = $this->typeNodeResolver->resolve(new IdentifierTypeNode($aliasName), $nameScope->bypassTypeAliases());
+		return ($aliasNameResolvedType instanceof ObjectType && !in_array($aliasName, ['self', 'parent'], true))
+			|| $aliasNameResolvedType instanceof TemplateType; // aliases take precedence over type parameters, this is reported by other rules using TemplateTypeCheck
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Classes/LocalTypeAliasesRuleTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Classes/LocalTypeAliasesRuleTest.php
index 76213ff049..11262e5187 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Classes/LocalTypeAliasesRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Classes/LocalTypeAliasesRuleTest.php
@@ -26,55 +26,63 @@ public function testRule(): void
 		$this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/local-type-aliases.php'], [
 			[
 				'Type alias ExistingClassAlias already exists as a class in scope of LocalTypeAliases\Bar.',
-				22,
+				23,
 			],
 			[
 				'Type alias GlobalTypeAlias already exists as a global type alias.',
-				22,
+				23,
+			],
+			[
+				'Type alias has an invalid name: int.',
+				23,
 			],
 			[
 				'Circular definition detected in type alias RecursiveTypeAlias.',
-				22,
+				23,
 			],
 			[
 				'Circular definition detected in type alias CircularTypeAlias1.',
-				22,
+				23,
 			],
 			[
 				'Circular definition detected in type alias CircularTypeAlias2.',
-				22,
+				23,
 			],
 			[
 				'Cannot import type alias ImportedAliasFromNonClass: class LocalTypeAliases\int does not exist.',
-				37,
+				39,
 			],
 			[
 				'Cannot import type alias ImportedAliasFromUnknownClass: class LocalTypeAliases\UnknownClass does not exist.',
-				37,
+				39,
 			],
 			[
 				'Cannot import type alias ImportedUnknownAlias: type alias does not exist in LocalTypeAliases\Foo.',
-				37,
+				39,
 			],
 			[
 				'Type alias ExistingClassAlias already exists as a class in scope of LocalTypeAliases\Baz.',
-				37,
+				39,
 			],
 			[
 				'Type alias GlobalTypeAlias already exists as a global type alias.',
-				37,
+				39,
+			],
+			[
+				'Imported type alias ExportedTypeAlias has an invalid name: int.',
+				39,
 			],
 			[
 				'Type alias OverwrittenTypeAlias overwrites an imported type alias of the same name.',
-				37,
+				39,
 			],
 			[
 				'Circular definition detected in type alias CircularTypeAliasImport2.',
-				37,
+				39,
 			],
 			[
 				'Circular definition detected in type alias CircularTypeAliasImport1.',
-				45,
+				47,
 			],
 		]);
 	}
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Classes/data/local-type-aliases.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Classes/data/local-type-aliases.php
index 3d6c367f14..316a52c323 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Classes/data/local-type-aliases.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Classes/data/local-type-aliases.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Foo
  * @phpstan-type LocalTypeAlias int
  * @phpstan-type ExistingClassAlias \stdClass
  * @phpstan-type GlobalTypeAlias bool
+ * @phpstan-type int \stdClass
  * @phpstan-type RecursiveTypeAlias RecursiveTypeAlias[]
  * @phpstan-type CircularTypeAlias1 CircularTypeAlias2
  * @phpstan-type CircularTypeAlias2 CircularTypeAlias1
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ class Bar
  * @phpstan-import-type ExportedTypeAlias from Foo as ExistingClassAlias
  * @phpstan-import-type ExportedTypeAlias from Foo as GlobalTypeAlias
  * @phpstan-import-type ExportedTypeAlias from Foo as OverwrittenTypeAlias
+ * @phpstan-import-type ExportedTypeAlias from Foo as int
  * @phpstan-type OverwrittenTypeAlias string
  * @phpstan-import-type CircularTypeAliasImport1 from Qux
  * @phpstan-type CircularTypeAliasImport2 CircularTypeAliasImport1
@@ -45,3 +47,11 @@ class Baz
 class Qux
 {
 }
+
+/**
+ * @phpstan-template T
+ * @phpstan-type T never
+ */
+class Generic
+{
+}