diff --git a/refpolicy/support/comment_move_decl.sed b/refpolicy/support/comment_move_decl.sed
index 566c6f15..6ea2ceae 100644
--- a/refpolicy/support/comment_move_decl.sed
+++ b/refpolicy/support/comment_move_decl.sed
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # lines in require blocks are not moved
 /require \{/,/} # end require/b nextline
 
-/^[[:blank:]]*(attribute|type) /	s/^/# this line was moved by the build process: &/
+/^[[:blank:]]*(attribute|type(alias)?) /	s/^/# this line was moved by the build process: &/
 /^[[:blank:]]*(port|node|netif|genfs)con /s/^/# this line was moved by the build process: &/
 /^[[:blank:]]*fs_use_(xattr|task|trans) /s/^/# this line was moved by the build process: &/
 /^[[:blank:]]*sid /s/^/# this line was moved by the build process: &/
diff --git a/refpolicy/support/get_type_attr_decl.sed b/refpolicy/support/get_type_attr_decl.sed
index 2a4cff59..6bb5ff33 100644
--- a/refpolicy/support/get_type_attr_decl.sed
+++ b/refpolicy/support/get_type_attr_decl.sed
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 /require \{/,/} # end require/b nextline
 
-/^[[:blank:]]*(attribute|type) /{
+/^[[:blank:]]*(attribute|type(alias)?) /{
 	s/^[[:blank:]]+//
 	p
 }