diff --git a/cli/src/tests/node_test.rs b/cli/src/tests/node_test.rs
index 4cf9fc13..74e123f4 100644
--- a/cli/src/tests/node_test.rs
+++ b/cli/src/tests/node_test.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use super::helpers::edits::get_random_edit;
-use super::helpers::fixtures::{get_language, get_test_language};
+use super::helpers::fixtures::{fixtures_dir, get_language, get_test_language};
 use super::helpers::random::Rand;
 use crate::generate::generate_parser_for_grammar;
 use crate::parse::perform_edit;
+use std::fs;
 use tree_sitter::{Node, Parser, Point, Tree};
 
 const JSON_EXAMPLE: &'static str = r#"
@@ -595,6 +596,37 @@ fn test_node_field_calls_in_language_without_fields() {
     assert_eq!(cursor.field_name(), None);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_node_is_named_but_aliased_as_anonymous() {
+    let (parser_name, parser_code) = generate_parser_for_grammar(
+        &fs::read_to_string(
+            &fixtures_dir()
+                .join("test_grammars")
+                .join("named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous")
+                .join("grammar.json"),
+        )
+        .unwrap(),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let mut parser = Parser::new();
+    let language = get_test_language(&parser_name, &parser_code, None);
+    parser.set_language(language).unwrap();
+
+    let tree = parser.parse("B C B", None).unwrap();
+
+    let root_node = tree.root_node();
+    assert!(!root_node.has_error());
+    assert_eq!(root_node.child_count(), 3);
+    assert_eq!(root_node.named_child_count(), 2);
+
+    let aliased = root_node.child(0).unwrap();
+    assert!(!aliased.is_named());
+    assert_eq!(aliased.kind(), "the-alias");
+
+    assert_eq!(root_node.named_child(0).unwrap().kind(), "c");
+}
+
 fn get_all_nodes(tree: &Tree) -> Vec<Node> {
     let mut result = Vec::new();
     let mut visited_children = false;
diff --git a/lib/src/node.c b/lib/src/node.c
index 355585f2..6b2be36e 100644
--- a/lib/src/node.c
+++ b/lib/src/node.c
@@ -108,11 +108,12 @@ static inline bool ts_node__is_relevant(TSNode self, bool include_anonymous) {
   if (include_anonymous) {
     return ts_subtree_visible(tree) || ts_node__alias(&self);
   } else {
-    return
-      (ts_subtree_visible(tree) &&
-       ts_subtree_named(tree)) ||
-      (ts_node__alias(&self) &&
-       ts_language_symbol_metadata(self.tree->language, ts_node__alias(&self)).named);
+    TSSymbol alias = ts_node__alias(&self);
+    if (alias) {
+      return ts_language_symbol_metadata(self.tree->language, alias).named;
+    } else {
+      return ts_subtree_visible(tree) && ts_subtree_named(tree);
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -440,8 +441,9 @@ bool ts_node_is_extra(TSNode self) {
 }
 
 bool ts_node_is_named(TSNode self) {
-  return ts_node__alias(&self)
-    ? ts_language_symbol_metadata(self.tree->language, ts_node__alias(&self)).named
+  TSSymbol alias = ts_node__alias(&self);
+  return alias
+    ? ts_language_symbol_metadata(self.tree->language, alias).named
     : ts_subtree_named(ts_node__subtree(self));
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/subtree.c b/lib/src/subtree.c
index 6a3a63df..e95733eb 100644
--- a/lib/src/subtree.c
+++ b/lib/src/subtree.c
@@ -817,9 +817,12 @@ static size_t ts_subtree__write_to_string(
   bool is_root = field_name == ROOT_FIELD;
   bool is_visible =
     include_all ||
-    alias_is_named ||
     ts_subtree_missing(self) ||
-    (ts_subtree_visible(self) && ts_subtree_named(self));
+    (
+      alias_symbol
+        ? alias_is_named
+        : ts_subtree_visible(self) && ts_subtree_named(self)
+    );
 
   if (is_visible) {
     if (!is_root) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test_grammars/named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous/corpus.txt b/test/fixtures/test_grammars/named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous/corpus.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ccbe1ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test_grammars/named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous/corpus.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+================================================
+Named rules that are aliased as anonymous tokens
+================================================
+
+B C B
+
+---
+
+(a (c) (b))
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test_grammars/named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous/grammar.json b/test/fixtures/test_grammars/named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous/grammar.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ff80dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test_grammars/named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous/grammar.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "name": "named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous",
+
+  "extras": [
+    {"type": "PATTERN", "value": "\\s"}
+  ],
+
+  "rules": {
+    "a": {
+      "type": "SEQ",
+      "members": [
+        {
+          "type": "ALIAS",
+          "value": "the-alias",
+          "named": false,
+          "content": {"type": "SYMBOL", "name": "b"}
+        },
+        {"type": "SYMBOL", "name": "c"},
+        {"type": "SYMBOL", "name": "b"}
+      ]
+    },
+
+    "b": {
+      "type": "STRING",
+      "value": "B"
+    },
+
+    "c": {
+      "type": "STRING",
+      "value": "C"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test_grammars/named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous/readme.md b/test/fixtures/test_grammars/named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..185dfa2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test_grammars/named_rule_aliased_as_anonymous/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This grammar checks that if a named node is aliased as an anonymous node (e.g. `alias($.foo, 'bar')`), then the rule will behave like an anonymous node. In particular, it will not show up in the tree's S-expression representation.