diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/MagicNumbersCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/MagicNumbersCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/MagicNumbersCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/MagicNumbersCheck.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "MagicNumbersCheck.h"
 #include "../utils/OptionsUtils.h"
 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
+#include "clang/AST/Type.h"
 #include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@
   if (Node.get<EnumConstantDecl>())
     return true;
 
+  if (Node.get<TypeAliasDecl>() || Node.get<TypedefNameDecl>())
+    return true;
+
   return llvm::any_of(Result.Context->getParents(Node),
                       [&Result](const DynTypedNode &Parent) {
                         return isUsedToInitializeAConstant(Result, Parent);
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@
   <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone/too-small-loop-variable>` check. Basic support
   for bit-field and integer members as a loop variable or upper limit were added.
 
+- Improved :doc:`readability-magic-numbers 
+  <clang-tidy/checks/readability/magic-numbers>` check. The check now allows for
+  magic numbers in type aliases such as ``using`` and ``typedef`` declarations.
+
 Removed checks
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/readability/magic-numbers.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/readability/magic-numbers.rst
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/readability/magic-numbers.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/readability/magic-numbers.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@
 
 .. code-block:: c++
 
+   template<typename T, size_t N>
+   struct CustomType {
+      T arr[N];
+   };
+
+   struct OtherType {
+      CustomType<int, 30> container;
+   }
+   CustomType<int, 30> values;
+
    double circleArea = 3.1415926535 * radius * radius;
 
    double totalCharge = 1.08 * itemPrice;
@@ -40,6 +50,17 @@
 
 .. code-block:: c++
 
+   template<typename T, size_t N>
+   struct CustomType {
+      T arr[N];
+   };
+
+   using containerType = CustomType<int, 30>;
+   struct OtherType {
+      containerType container;
+   }
+   containerType values;
+
    double circleArea = M_PI * radius * radius;
 
    const double TAX_RATE = 0.08;  // or make it variable and read from a file
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/magic-numbers.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/magic-numbers.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/magic-numbers.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/magic-numbers.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@
  * Clean code
  */
 
+/*
+ * No warning for type aliases
+ */
+using NumberInTypeAlias = ValueBucket<int, 25>;
+typedef ValueBucket<char, 243> NumberInTypedef;
+
 #define INT_MACRO 5
 
 const int GoodGlobalIntConstant = 42;