diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseEmplaceCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseEmplaceCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseEmplaceCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/modernize/UseEmplaceCheck.cpp
@@ -134,15 +134,21 @@
   // + match for emplace calls that should be replaced with insertion
   auto CallPushBack = cxxMemberCallExpr(
       hasDeclaration(functionDecl(hasName("push_back"))),
-      on(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasAnyName(ContainersWithPushBack)))));
+      on(anyOf(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasAnyName(ContainersWithPushBack))),
+               hasType(hasCanonicalType(hasDeclaration(
+                   namedDecl(hasAnyName(ContainersWithPushBack))))))));
 
   auto CallPush = cxxMemberCallExpr(
       hasDeclaration(functionDecl(hasName("push"))),
-      on(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasAnyName(ContainersWithPush)))));
+      on(anyOf(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasAnyName(ContainersWithPush))),
+               hasType(hasCanonicalType(hasDeclaration(
+                   namedDecl(hasAnyName(ContainersWithPush))))))));
 
   auto CallPushFront = cxxMemberCallExpr(
       hasDeclaration(functionDecl(hasName("push_front"))),
-      on(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasAnyName(ContainersWithPushFront)))));
+      on(anyOf(hasType(cxxRecordDecl(hasAnyName(ContainersWithPushFront))),
+               hasType(hasCanonicalType(hasDeclaration(
+                   namedDecl(hasAnyName(ContainersWithPushFront))))))));
 
   auto CallEmplacy = cxxMemberCallExpr(
       hasDeclaration(