diff --git a/integration-tests/lts/select.test.ts b/integration-tests/lts/select.test.ts
index dda4f4163..ba98a8d00 100644
--- a/integration-tests/lts/select.test.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/lts/select.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ declare module "./dbschema/edgeql-js/typesystem" {
   export interface SetTypesystemOptions {
     future: {
       polymorphismAsDiscriminatedUnions: true;
+      strictTypeNames: true;
     };
   }
 }
@@ -1038,6 +1039,7 @@ SELECT __scope_0_defaultVillain {
           nemesis: (nemesis) => {
             const nameLen = e.len(nemesis.name);
             return {
+              t: nemesis.__type__.name,
               name: true,
               nameLen,
               nameLen2: nameLen,
@@ -1060,6 +1062,7 @@ SELECT __scope_0_defaultPerson {
     WITH
       __scope_1_defaultVillain := __scope_0_defaultPerson[IS default::Hero].villains
     SELECT __scope_1_defaultVillain {
+      t := .__type__.name,
       id,
       name,
       nemesis := (
@@ -1104,6 +1107,7 @@ SELECT __scope_0_defaultPerson {
                 id: string;
                 name: string;
                 nemesis: {
+                  t: "default::Hero";
                   name: string;
                   nameLen: number;
                   nameLen2: number;
@@ -1417,6 +1421,7 @@ SELECT __scope_0_defaultPerson {
       title: true,
       rating: true,
       filter_single: e.op(movie.title, "=", "The Avengers"),
+      __typename: movie.__type__.name,
     }));
     const characterShape = e.shape(e.Person, () => ({
       name: true,
@@ -1439,6 +1444,7 @@ SELECT __scope_0_defaultPerson {
         {
           title: string;
           rating: number | null;
+          __typename: "default::Movie";
         } | null
       >
     >(true);
diff --git a/packages/generate/src/syntax/path.ts b/packages/generate/src/syntax/path.ts
index 3e9a6153a..861858f6d 100644
--- a/packages/generate/src/syntax/path.ts
+++ b/packages/generate/src/syntax/path.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import type {
   PropertyShape,
   TypeSet,
   ScalarType,
+  TypesystemOptions,
 } from "./typesystem";
 // import {typeutil} from "./typeutil";
 // import {cardutil} from "./cardinality";
@@ -42,7 +43,13 @@ type getChildOfObjectTypeSet<
 > = TypeSet<
   ChildKey extends "name"
     ? Root extends { [typenameSymbol]: string }
-      ? ScalarType<"std::str", string, Root[typeof typenameSymbol]>
+      ? ScalarType<
+          "std::str",
+          TypesystemOptions["future"]["strictTypeNames"] extends true
+            ? Root[typeof typenameSymbol]
+            : string,
+          Root[typeof typenameSymbol]
+        >
       : Root["__element__"]["__pointers__"][ChildKey]["target"]
     : Root["__element__"]["__pointers__"][ChildKey]["target"],
   cardutil.multiplyCardinalities<
diff --git a/packages/generate/src/syntax/typesystem.ts b/packages/generate/src/syntax/typesystem.ts
index cbd12d7ab..5e4355fb6 100644
--- a/packages/generate/src/syntax/typesystem.ts
+++ b/packages/generate/src/syntax/typesystem.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ export type TypesystemOptions = {
     }
       ? true
       : false;
+    /**
+     * Opt-in to strict __type__.name string literal unions.
+     */
+    strictTypeNames: SetTypesystemOptions extends {
+      future: { strictTypeNames: true };
+    }
+      ? true
+      : false;
   };
 };