diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 20ce2c0249625..3db0e1444db77 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ impl Item {
     pub fn is_ty_method(&self) -> bool {
         self.type_() == ItemType::TyMethod
     }
+    pub fn is_typedef(&self) -> bool {
+        self.type_() == ItemType::Typedef
+    }
     pub fn is_primitive(&self) -> bool {
         self.type_() == ItemType::Primitive
     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index 0d9f98e05d2c2..fea059e2757d4 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -3082,7 +3082,13 @@ fn item_typedef(w: &mut fmt::Formatter, cx: &Context, it: &clean::Item,
            where_clause = WhereClause { gens: &t.generics, indent: 0, end_newline: true },
            type_ = t.type_)?;
 
-    document(w, cx, it)
+    document(w, cx, it)?;
+
+    // Render any items associated directly to this alias, as otherwise they
+    // won't be visible anywhere in the docs. It would be nice to also show
+    // associated items from the aliased type (see discussion in #32077), but
+    // we need #14072 to make sense of the generics.
+    render_assoc_items(w, cx, it, it.def_id, AssocItemRender::All)
 }
 
 impl<'a> fmt::Display for Sidebar<'a> {
@@ -3092,7 +3098,7 @@ impl<'a> fmt::Display for Sidebar<'a> {
         let parentlen = cx.current.len() - if it.is_mod() {1} else {0};
 
         if it.is_struct() || it.is_trait() || it.is_primitive() || it.is_union()
-            || it.is_enum() || it.is_mod()
+            || it.is_enum() || it.is_mod() || it.is_typedef()
         {
             write!(fmt, "<p class='location'>")?;
             match it.inner {
@@ -3101,6 +3107,7 @@ impl<'a> fmt::Display for Sidebar<'a> {
                 clean::PrimitiveItem(..) => write!(fmt, "Primitive Type ")?,
                 clean::UnionItem(..) => write!(fmt, "Union ")?,
                 clean::EnumItem(..) => write!(fmt, "Enum ")?,
+                clean::TypedefItem(..) => write!(fmt, "Type Definition ")?,
                 clean::ModuleItem(..) => if it.is_crate() {
                     write!(fmt, "Crate ")?;
                 } else {
@@ -3117,6 +3124,7 @@ impl<'a> fmt::Display for Sidebar<'a> {
                 clean::PrimitiveItem(ref p) => sidebar_primitive(fmt, it, p)?,
                 clean::UnionItem(ref u) => sidebar_union(fmt, it, u)?,
                 clean::EnumItem(ref e) => sidebar_enum(fmt, it, e)?,
+                clean::TypedefItem(ref t, _) => sidebar_typedef(fmt, it, t)?,
                 clean::ModuleItem(ref m) => sidebar_module(fmt, it, &m.items)?,
                 _ => (),
             }
@@ -3259,6 +3267,16 @@ fn sidebar_primitive(fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter, it: &clean::Item,
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn sidebar_typedef(fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter, it: &clean::Item,
+                   _t: &clean::Typedef) -> fmt::Result {
+    let sidebar = sidebar_assoc_items(it);
+
+    if !sidebar.is_empty() {
+        write!(fmt, "<div class=\"block items\"><ul>{}</ul></div>", sidebar)?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn sidebar_union(fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter, it: &clean::Item,
                  u: &clean::Union) -> fmt::Result {
     let mut sidebar = String::new();
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/typedef.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/typedef.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4ac91d3545149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/typedef.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+pub trait MyTrait {
+    fn method_on_mytrait() {}
+}
+
+pub struct MyStruct;
+
+impl MyStruct {
+    pub fn method_on_mystruct() {}
+}
+
+// @has typedef/type.MyAlias.html
+// @has - '//*[@class="impl"]//code' 'impl MyAlias'
+// @has - '//*[@class="impl"]//code' 'impl MyTrait for MyAlias'
+// @has - 'Alias docstring'
+// @has - '//*[@class="sidebar"]//p[@class="location"]' 'Type Definition MyAlias'
+// @has - '//*[@class="sidebar"]//a[@href="#methods"]' 'Methods'
+// @has - '//*[@class="sidebar"]//a[@href="#implementations"]' 'Trait Implementations'
+/// Alias docstring
+pub type MyAlias = MyStruct;
+
+impl MyAlias {
+    pub fn method_on_myalias() {}
+}
+
+impl MyTrait for MyAlias {}