Index: lldb/source/Plugins/TypeSystem/Clang/TypeSystemClang.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Plugins/TypeSystem/Clang/TypeSystemClang.cpp
+++ lldb/source/Plugins/TypeSystem/Clang/TypeSystemClang.cpp
@@ -6435,7 +6435,7 @@
   case clang::Type::RValueReference:
     if (idx_is_valid) {
       const clang::ReferenceType *reference_type =
-          llvm::cast<clang::ReferenceType>(parent_qual_type.getTypePtr());
+          llvm::cast<clang::ReferenceType>(GetQualType(type).getTypePtr());
       CompilerType pointee_clang_type =
           GetType(reference_type->getPointeeType());
       if (transparent_pointers && pointee_clang_type.IsAggregateType()) {
Index: lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/dereferencing_references/Makefile
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/dereferencing_references/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CXX_SOURCES := main.cpp
+
+include Makefile.rules
Index: lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/dereferencing_references/TestCPPDereferencingReferences.py
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/dereferencing_references/TestCPPDereferencingReferences.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import lldb
+from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
+from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
+from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil
+
+class TestCase(TestBase):
+
+    mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
+
+    def test(self):
+        """Tests deferencing lvalue/rvalue references via LLDB's builtin type system."""
+        self.build()
+        lldbutil.run_to_source_breakpoint(self, "// break here", lldb.SBFileSpec("main.cpp"))
+
+        # Take an lvalue reference and call `Dereference` on the SBValue.
+        # The result should be `TTT` (and *not* for example the underlying type
+        # 'int').
+        lref_val = self.expect_var_path("l_ref", type="TTT &")
+        self.assertEqual(lref_val.Dereference().GetType().GetName(), "TTT")
+
+        # Same as above for rvalue references.
+        rref_val = self.expect_var_path("r_ref", type="TTT &&")
+        self.assertEqual(rref_val.Dereference().GetType().GetName(), "TTT")
Index: lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/dereferencing_references/main.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lldb/test/API/lang/cpp/dereferencing_references/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+typedef int TTT;
+
+int main() {
+  int i = 0;
+  TTT &l_ref = i;
+  TTT &&r_ref = static_cast<TTT &&>(i);
+  return l_ref; // break here
+}