diff --git a/src/go/cmd/api_view_test.go b/src/go/cmd/api_view_test.go
index e21350deb795..1522164a0cea 100644
--- a/src/go/cmd/api_view_test.go
+++ b/src/go/cmd/api_view_test.go
@@ -264,3 +264,34 @@ func TestRecursiveAliasDefinitions(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAliasDiagnostics(t *testing.T) {
+	review, err := createReview(filepath.Clean("testdata/test_alias_diagnostics"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "Go", review.Language)
+	require.Equal(t, "test_alias_diagnostics", review.Name)
+	require.Equal(t, 6, len(review.Diagnostics))
+	for _, diagnostic := range review.Diagnostics {
+		if diagnostic.TargetID == "test_alias_diagnostics.WidgetValue" {
+			require.Equal(t, DiagnosticLevelInfo, diagnostic.Level)
+			require.Equal(t, aliasFor+"internal.WidgetValue", diagnostic.Text)
+		} else {
+			require.Equal(t, "test_alias_diagnostics.Widget", diagnostic.TargetID)
+			switch diagnostic.Level {
+			case DiagnosticLevelInfo:
+				require.Equal(t, aliasFor+"internal.Widget", diagnostic.Text)
+			case DiagnosticLevelError:
+				switch txt := diagnostic.Text; txt {
+				case missingAliasFor + "WidgetProperties":
+				case missingAliasFor + "WidgetPropertiesP":
+				case missingAliasFor + "WidgetThings":
+				case missingAliasFor + "WidgetThingsP":
+				default:
+					t.Fatalf("unexpected diagnostic text %s", txt)
+				}
+			default:
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected diagnostic level %d", diagnostic.Level)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/go/cmd/module.go b/src/go/cmd/module.go
index 2ee8200873a1..5272cac6e2d0 100644
--- a/src/go/cmd/module.go
+++ b/src/go/cmd/module.go
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ func NewModule(dir string) (*Module, error) {
 	m := Module{Name: filepath.Base(dir), packages: map[string]*Pkg{}}
 
 	baseImportPath := path.Dir(mf.Module.Mod.Path) + "/"
+	if baseImportPath == "./" {
+		// this is a relative path in the tests, so remove this prefix.
+		// if not, then the package name added below won't match the imported packages.
+		baseImportPath = ""
+	}
 	err = filepath.WalkDir(dir, func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
 		if d.IsDir() {
 			if !indexTestdata && strings.Contains(path, "testdata") {
diff --git a/src/go/cmd/pkg.go b/src/go/cmd/pkg.go
index bb28e78a8cc6..632e1f15afdb 100644
--- a/src/go/cmd/pkg.go
+++ b/src/go/cmd/pkg.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 // diagnostic messages
 const (
 	aliasFor               = "Alias for "
+	missingAliasFor        = "missing alias for nested type "
 	embedsUnexportedStruct = "Anonymously embeds unexported struct "
 	sealedInterface        = "Applications can't implement this interface"
 )
diff --git a/src/go/cmd/testdata/test_alias_diagnostics/internal/internal.go b/src/go/cmd/testdata/test_alias_diagnostics/internal/internal.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a238227a083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/go/cmd/testdata/test_alias_diagnostics/internal/internal.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package internal
+
+type Widget struct {
+	OK             bool
+	Value          WidgetValue
+	MissingScalar  WidgetProperties
+	MissingScalarP *WidgetPropertiesP
+	MissingSlice   []WidgetThings
+	MissingSliceP  []*WidgetThingsP
+}
+
+type WidgetProperties struct{}
+
+type WidgetPropertiesP struct{}
+
+type WidgetThings struct{}
+
+type WidgetThingsP struct{}
+
+type WidgetValue struct{}
diff --git a/src/go/cmd/testdata/test_alias_diagnostics/test.go b/src/go/cmd/testdata/test_alias_diagnostics/test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55bdf4f31888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/go/cmd/testdata/test_alias_diagnostics/test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package test_alias_diagnostics
+
+import (
+	"test_alias_diagnostics/internal"
+)
+
+type Widget = internal.Widget
+
+type WidgetValue = internal.WidgetValue