diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/UnusedRaiiCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/UnusedRaiiCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/UnusedRaiiCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/bugprone/UnusedRaiiCheck.cpp
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@
   Finder->addMatcher(
       mapAnyOf(cxxConstructExpr, cxxUnresolvedConstructExpr)
           .with(hasParent(compoundStmt().bind("compound")),
-                anyOf(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasNonTrivialDestructor())),
-                      hasType(templateSpecializationType(
+                anyOf(hasType(hasCanonicalType(recordType(hasDeclaration(
+                          cxxRecordDecl(hasNonTrivialDestructor()))))),
+                      hasType(hasCanonicalType(templateSpecializationType(
                           hasDeclaration(classTemplateDecl(has(
-                              cxxRecordDecl(hasNonTrivialDestructor()))))))))
+                              cxxRecordDecl(hasNonTrivialDestructor())))))))))
           .bind("expr"),
       this);
 }
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone-unused-raii.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone-unused-raii.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone-unused-raii.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/bugprone-unused-raii.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,28 @@
   (void)i;
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+void aliastest() {
+  using X = Foo;
+  using Y = X;
+  using Z = Y;
+  Z(42);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: object destroyed immediately after creation; did you mean to name the object?
+  // CHECK-FIXES: Z give_me_a_name(42);
+
+  typedef Z ZT;
+  ZT(42, 13);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: object destroyed immediately after creation; did you mean to name the object?
+  // CHECK-FIXES: ZT give_me_a_name(42, 13);
+
+  using TT = TCtorDefaultArg<T>;
+  TT(42);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: object destroyed immediately after creation; did you mean to name the object?
+  // CHECK-FIXES: TT give_me_a_name(42);
+
+  (void)0;
+}
+
 void test() {
   Foo(42);
 // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: object destroyed immediately after creation; did you mean to name the object?