diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 260649c..819bb2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning][].
 ### Fixed
 
 - header shadow now only extends downward (#70)
+- the autosummary class template now correctly handles classes referenced through aliased modules (#71)
 
 ## [0.2.3]
 
diff --git a/src/scverse_doc/autodoc/templates/autosummary/class.rst b/src/scverse_doc/autodoc/templates/autosummary/class.rst
index bbd9fff..2dac963 100644
--- a/src/scverse_doc/autodoc/templates/autosummary/class.rst
+++ b/src/scverse_doc/autodoc/templates/autosummary/class.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 .. autoclass:: {{ fullname }}
 
 {% set methods = methods | select("ne", "__init__") | list %}
+{#- Inside autoclass, names resolve against the class’s real module, so prefix the class name:
+    `objname` can go through a module alias, and bare members break autosummary’s instance attribute fallback. #}
+{% set clsname = fullname.split(".") | last %}
 
 {% block attributes %}
 {% for item in attributes %}
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@
 
     .. autosummary::
 {% endif %}
-       ~{{ [objname, item] | join(".") }}
+       ~{{ [clsname, item] | join(".") }}
 {%- endfor %}
 {% endblock %}
 
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@
 
     .. autosummary::
 {% endif %}
-       ~{{ [objname, item] | join(".") }}
+       ~{{ [clsname, item] | join(".") }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% endblock %}
 
diff --git a/tests/roots/autodoc/apipkg/__init__.py b/tests/roots/autodoc/apipkg/__init__.py
index c9c700b..7e2cfa0 100644
--- a/tests/roots/autodoc/apipkg/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/roots/autodoc/apipkg/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 """A package to document recursively."""
+
+from ._core import aliased  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/tests/roots/autodoc/apipkg/_core/__init__.py b/tests/roots/autodoc/apipkg/_core/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f80ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roots/autodoc/apipkg/_core/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+"""Private implementation, re-exported under public names."""
diff --git a/tests/roots/autodoc/apipkg/_core/aliased.py b/tests/roots/autodoc/apipkg/_core/aliased.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..830abac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roots/autodoc/apipkg/_core/aliased.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+"""A module only reachable through an alias, i.e. not importable as `apipkg.aliased`."""
+
+
+class Aliased:
+    """A class in an aliased module."""
+
+    attr: int = 1
+    """An attribute."""
+
+    def meth(self) -> None:
+        """A method."""
diff --git a/tests/roots/autodoc/index.rst b/tests/roots/autodoc/index.rst
index c3ae512..15df479 100644
--- a/tests/roots/autodoc/index.rst
+++ b/tests/roots/autodoc/index.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ API
 
    apipkg
 
+.. currentmodule:: apipkg
+
+.. autosummary::
+   :toctree: generated
+   :recursive:
+
+   aliased
+
 .. currentmodule:: apimod
 
 .. autosummary::
diff --git a/tests/test_build.py b/tests/test_build.py
index 2e9d792..0e3a8b7 100644
--- a/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_build.py
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ def test_class_template_documents_members_by_kind(autodoc: Path) -> None:
     assert 'href="#apimod.Thing.ivar"' in html
 
 
+def test_class_template_handles_aliased_modules(autodoc: Path) -> None:
+    html = (autodoc / "generated" / "apipkg.aliased.Aliased.html").read_text()
+    assert 'href="#apipkg.aliased.Aliased.attr"' in html
+    assert 'href="#apipkg.aliased.Aliased.meth"' in html
+
+
 def test_module_template_recurses(autodoc: Path) -> None:
     assert (autodoc / "generated" / "apipkg.sub.deep.html").is_file()