diff --git a/tree/ntuple/src/RNTupleDescriptor.cxx b/tree/ntuple/src/RNTupleDescriptor.cxx
index 791ec2deb78cb..7641f1fda0760 100644
--- a/tree/ntuple/src/RNTupleDescriptor.cxx
+++ b/tree/ntuple/src/RNTupleDescriptor.cxx
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<ROOT::RFieldBase>
 ROOT::RFieldDescriptor::CreateField(const RNTupleDescriptor &ntplDesc, const ROOT::RCreateFieldOptions &options) const
 {
    if (GetStructure() == ROOT::ENTupleStructure::kStreamer) {
-      auto streamerField = std::make_unique<ROOT::RStreamerField>(GetFieldName(), GetTypeName());
+      const auto &typeName = GetTypeAlias().empty() ? GetTypeName() : GetTypeAlias();
+      auto streamerField = std::make_unique<ROOT::RStreamerField>(GetFieldName(), typeName);
       if ((streamerField->GetTraits() & RFieldBase::kTraitEmulatedField) && !options.GetEmulateUnknownTypes()) {
          throw RException(
             R__FAIL("streamer field " + GetFieldName() + " has an emulated class but emulation is turned off"));
diff --git a/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerField.hxx b/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerField.hxx
index cf5d29d4d26bc..90e903155609a 100644
--- a/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerField.hxx
+++ b/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerField.hxx
@@ -101,4 +101,14 @@ struct TemperatureKelvin {
    float fValue;
 };
 
+template <typename T>
+struct MEtoEDMStreamer {
+   T fMember;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct MEtoEDMClass {
+   T fMember;
+};
+
 #endif // ROOT_RNTuple_Test_StreamerField
diff --git a/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerFieldLinkDef.h b/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerFieldLinkDef.h
index 59010c53264e4..1686bbee7938c 100644
--- a/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerFieldLinkDef.h
+++ b/tree/ntuple/test/StreamerFieldLinkDef.h
@@ -27,4 +27,7 @@
 #pragma link C++ options = rntupleStreamerMode(true) class TemperatureCelsius + ;
 #pragma link C++ options = rntupleStreamerMode(true) class TemperatureKelvin + ;
 
+#pragma link C++ options = rntupleStreamerMode(true) class MEtoEDMStreamer<long long>+;
+#pragma link C++ class MEtoEDMClass<long long>+;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/tree/ntuple/test/rfield_streamer.cxx b/tree/ntuple/test/rfield_streamer.cxx
index 2f6e82ae85e33..1512632da9e44 100644
--- a/tree/ntuple/test/rfield_streamer.cxx
+++ b/tree/ntuple/test/rfield_streamer.cxx
@@ -407,3 +407,21 @@ TEST(RField, StreamerClassMismatch)
                          false /* matchFullMessage */);
    reader->LoadEntry(0);
 }
+
+TEST(RField, StreamerLong64TemplateArg)
+{
+   FileRaii fileGuard("test_ntuple_rfield_streamer_long64_template_arg.root");
+   {
+      auto model = RNTupleModel::Create();
+      model->AddField(RFieldBase::Create("s", "MEtoEDMStreamer<Long64_t>").Unwrap());
+      model->AddField(RFieldBase::Create("c", "MEtoEDMClass<Long64_t>").Unwrap());
+      auto writer = RNTupleWriter::Recreate(std::move(model), "ntpl", fileGuard.GetPath());
+      writer->Fill();
+   }
+
+   auto reader = RNTupleReader::Open("ntpl", fileGuard.GetPath());
+   const auto &s = dynamic_cast<const ROOT::RStreamerField &>(reader->GetModel().GetConstField("s"));
+   EXPECT_STREQ("MEtoEDMStreamer<Long64_t>", s.GetClass()->GetName());
+   const auto &c = dynamic_cast<const ROOT::RClassField &>(reader->GetModel().GetConstField("c"));
+   EXPECT_STREQ("MEtoEDMClass<Long64_t>", c.GetClass()->GetName());
+}