diff --git a/src/Compiler/Service/ItemKey.fs b/src/Compiler/Service/ItemKey.fs
index 9609ccf9c38..68977c68f1a 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/Service/ItemKey.fs
+++ b/src/Compiler/Service/ItemKey.fs
@@ -233,7 +233,10 @@ and [<Sealed>] ItemKeyStoreBuilder() =
         match stripTyparEqns ty with
         | TType_forall (_, ty) -> writeType false ty
 
-        | TType_app (tcref, _, _) -> writeEntityRef tcref
+        | TType_app (tcref, _, _) ->
+            match tcref.TypeAbbrev with
+            | Some ty -> writeType isStandalone ty
+            | None -> writeEntityRef tcref
 
         | TType_tuple (_, tinst) ->
             writeString ItemKeyTags.typeTuple
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Compiler.ComponentTests/FSharpChecker/FindReferences.fs b/tests/FSharp.Compiler.ComponentTests/FSharpChecker/FindReferences.fs
index 83131035443..41709e2fe74 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Compiler.ComponentTests/FSharpChecker/FindReferences.fs
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Compiler.ComponentTests/FSharpChecker/FindReferences.fs
@@ -195,4 +195,26 @@ let foo x = 5""" })
                 "FileSecond.fs", 8, 2, 4
                 "FileThird.fs", 8, 2, 13
             ])
-        }
\ No newline at end of file
+        }
+
+[<Fact>]
+let ``We find a type that has been aliased`` () =
+
+    let project = SyntheticProject.Create("TypeAliasTest",
+        { sourceFile "First" [] with
+            ExtraSource = "type MyInt = int32\n" +
+                          "let myNum = 7"
+            SignatureFile = Custom ("module TypeAliasTest.ModuleFirst\n" +
+                                    "type MyInt = int32\n" +
+                                    "val myNum: MyInt") },
+        { sourceFile "Second" [] with
+            ExtraSource = "let goo x = ModuleFirst.myNum + x"})
+
+    project.Workflow {
+        placeCursor "First" "myNum"
+        findAllReferences (expectToFind [
+            "FileFirst.fs", 7, 4, 9
+            "FileFirst.fsi", 3, 4, 9
+            "FileSecond.fs", 6, 12, 29
+        ])
+    }
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ProjectGeneration.fs b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ProjectGeneration.fs
index a2abe1d67b1..c67a9e6c5b3 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ProjectGeneration.fs
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/ProjectGeneration.fs
@@ -596,6 +596,33 @@ type ProjectWorkflowBuilder
             return { ctx with Cursor = su }
         }
 
+    /// Find a symbol by finding the first occurrence of the symbol name in the file
+    [<CustomOperation "placeCursor">]
+    member this.PlaceCursor(workflow: Async<WorkflowContext>, fileId, symbolName: string) =
+        async {
+            let! ctx = workflow
+
+            let source = renderSourceFile ctx.Project (ctx.Project.Find fileId)
+            let index = source.IndexOf symbolName
+            let line = source |> Seq.take index |> Seq.where ((=) '\n') |> Seq.length
+            let fullLine = source.Split '\n' |> Array.item line
+            let colAtEndOfNames = fullLine.IndexOf symbolName + symbolName.Length
+
+            let! results = checkFile fileId ctx.Project checker
+            let typeCheckResults = getTypeCheckResult results
+
+            let su =
+                typeCheckResults.GetSymbolUseAtLocation(line + 1, colAtEndOfNames, fullLine, [symbolName])
+
+            if su.IsNone then
+                let file = ctx.Project.Find fileId
+
+                failwith
+                    $"No symbol found in {file.FileName} at {line}:{colAtEndOfNames}\nFile contents:\n\n{source}\n"
+
+            return { ctx with Cursor = su }
+        }
+
     /// Find all references within a single file, results are provided to the 'processResults' function
     [<CustomOperation "findAllReferencesInFile">]
     member this.FindAllReferencesInFile(workflow: Async<WorkflowContext>, fileId: string, processResults) =
@@ -606,7 +633,7 @@ type ProjectWorkflowBuilder
             let symbolUse =
                 ctx.Cursor
                 |> Option.defaultWith (fun () ->
-                    failwith $"Please place cursor at a valid location via {nameof this.PlaceCursor} first")
+                    failwith $"Please place cursor at a valid location via placeCursor first")
 
             let file = ctx.Project.Find fileId
             let absFileName = ctx.Project.ProjectDir ++ file.FileName
@@ -629,7 +656,7 @@ type ProjectWorkflowBuilder
             let symbolUse =
                 ctx.Cursor
                 |> Option.defaultWith (fun () ->
-                    failwith $"Please place cursor at a valid location via {nameof this.PlaceCursor} first")
+                    failwith $"Please place cursor at a valid location via placeCursor first")
 
             let! results =
                 [ for f in options.SourceFiles do