diff --git a/src/core/importType.js b/src/core/importType.js
index f2d6bda86e..5725e9ec62 100644
--- a/src/core/importType.js
+++ b/src/core/importType.js
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ export function isScopedMain(name) {
 }
 
 function isInternalModule(name, settings, path) {
-  return externalModuleRegExp.test(name) && !isExternalPath(path, name, settings)
+  const matchesScopedOrExternalRegExp = scopedRegExp.test(name) || externalModuleRegExp.test(name)
+  return (matchesScopedOrExternalRegExp && !isExternalPath(path, name, settings))
 }
 
 function isRelativeToParent(name) {
@@ -76,9 +77,9 @@ function isRelativeToSibling(name) {
 const typeTest = cond([
   [isAbsolute, constant('absolute')],
   [isBuiltIn, constant('builtin')],
+  [isInternalModule, constant('internal')],
   [isExternalModule, constant('external')],
   [isScoped, constant('external')],
-  [isInternalModule, constant('internal')],
   [isRelativeToParent, constant('parent')],
   [isIndex, constant('index')],
   [isRelativeToSibling, constant('sibling')],
diff --git a/tests/files/@my-alias/fn.js b/tests/files/@my-alias/fn.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tests/src/core/importType.js b/tests/src/core/importType.js
index 67de1d8a85..54a5adc3a6 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/importType.js
+++ b/tests/src/core/importType.js
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ describe('importType(name)', function () {
     const pathContext = testContext({ "import/resolver": { node: { paths: [ path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'files') ] } } })
     expect(importType('@importType/index', pathContext)).to.equal('internal')
   })
+    
+  it("should return 'internal' for internal modules that are referenced by aliases", function () {
+    const pathContext = testContext({ 'import/resolver': { node: { paths: [path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'files')] } } })
+    expect(importType('@my-alias/fn', pathContext)).to.equal('internal')
+  })
 
   it("should return 'parent' for internal modules that go through the parent", function() {
     expect(importType('../foo', context)).to.equal('parent')