diff --git a/infer/src/clang/ctl_parser_types.ml b/infer/src/clang/ctl_parser_types.ml
index d4ba058c1..edc26a31f 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/ctl_parser_types.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/ctl_parser_types.ml
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@ and c_type_equal c_type abs_ctype =
       typename_equal pointer ae
   | TypedefType (_, tdi), TypeName ae ->
       typename_equal tdi.tti_decl_ptr ae
-  | TypedefType (ti, _), ObjCGenProt _ -> (
-    match ti.ti_desugared_type with Some dt -> check_type_ptr dt abs_ctype | None -> false )
+  | ElaboratedType ti, TypeName _
+  | TypedefType (ti, _), ObjCGenProt _
   | AttributedType (ti, _), Pointer _ -> (
     match ti.ti_desugared_type with Some dt -> check_type_ptr dt abs_ctype | None -> false )
   | _, _ ->
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/extracopy.al b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/extracopy.al
index 335f7253b..91df0036c 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/extracopy.al
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/extracopy.al
@@ -24,3 +24,14 @@ DEFINE-CHECKER EXTRA_COPY = {
   //};
 
 };
+
+DEFINE-CHECKER NAMESPACE_STRING = {
+
+  SET report_when =
+    WHEN has_type("REGEXP('string')")
+    HOLDS-IN-NODE VarDecl;
+
+  SET message = "Found type strings with namespace";
+  SET mode = "ON";
+
+};
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/issues.exp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/issues.exp
index ce0ea43f5..4d48b4834 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/issues.exp
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/issues.exp
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/extracopy.cpp, test_a, 33, EXTRA_COPY, no_bucket, WARNING, []
-codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/extracopy.cpp, test_map, 43, EXTRA_COPY, no_bucket, WARNING, []
+codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/extracopy.cpp, test_a, 27, EXTRA_COPY, no_bucket, WARNING, []
+codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/extracopy.cpp, test_map, 37, EXTRA_COPY, no_bucket, WARNING, []
+codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/type_namespace.cpp, test, 6, NAMESPACE_STRING, no_bucket, WARNING, []
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/type_namespace.cpp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/type_namespace.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29b9fca57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/linters/type_namespace.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+#include <string>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+void test() { std::string s1 = "a"; }