diff --git a/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp b/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp
index 15ee7f2..4a45ae2 100644
--- a/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp
+++ b/VulkanHppGenerator.cpp
@@ -10555,6 +10555,18 @@ void VulkanHppGenerator::checkCorrectness()
     }
   }
 
+  // structure alias checks
+  for ( auto structureAlias : m_structureAliases )
+  {
+    auto structureIt = m_structures.find( structureAlias.second.alias );
+    check( structureIt != m_structures.end(),
+           structureAlias.second.xmlLine,
+           "missing alias <" + structureAlias.second.alias + ">." );
+    check( structureIt->second.aliases.insert( structureAlias.first ).second,
+           structureAlias.second.xmlLine,
+           "struct <" + structureAlias.second.alias + "> already uses alias <" + structureAlias.first + ">" );
+  }
+
   // structure checks
   std::set<std::string> sTypeValues;
   for ( auto const & structure : m_structures )
@@ -13914,7 +13926,8 @@ void VulkanHppGenerator::readSPIRVCapabilityEnableStruct( int
     }
     else if ( attribute.first == "struct" )
     {
-      check( m_structures.find( attribute.second ) != m_structures.end(),
+      check( ( m_structures.find( attribute.second ) != m_structures.end() ) ||
+               ( m_structureAliases.find( attribute.second ) != m_structureAliases.end() ),
              xmlLine,
              "unknown structure <" + attribute.second + "> specified for SPIR-V capability" );
       check( attributes.find( "feature" ) != attributes.end(),
@@ -14179,11 +14192,7 @@ void VulkanHppGenerator::readStructAlias( tinyxml2::XMLElement const *
     }
   }
 
-  auto structIt = m_structures.find( alias );
-  check( structIt != m_structures.end(), line, "missing alias <" + alias + ">." );
-  check(
-    structIt->second.aliases.insert( name ).second, line, "struct <" + alias + "> already uses alias <" + name + ">" );
-  check( m_structureAliases.insert( std::make_pair( name, alias ) ).second,
+  check( m_structureAliases.insert( std::make_pair( name, StructureAliasData( alias, line ) ) ).second,
          line,
          "structure alias <" + name + "> already used" );
   check( m_types.insert( std::make_pair( name, TypeCategory::Struct ) ).second,
diff --git a/VulkanHppGenerator.hpp b/VulkanHppGenerator.hpp
index 39d1975..6dbdcec 100644
--- a/VulkanHppGenerator.hpp
+++ b/VulkanHppGenerator.hpp
@@ -254,6 +254,14 @@ private:
     std::string protect;
   };
 
+  struct StructureAliasData
+  {
+    StructureAliasData( std::string const & alias_, int line ) : alias( alias_ ), xmlLine( line ) {}
+
+    std::string alias;
+    int         xmlLine;
+  };
+
   struct StructureData
   {
     StructureData( std::vector<std::string> const & extends, int line ) : structExtends( extends ), xmlLine( line ) {}
@@ -1181,7 +1189,7 @@ private:
   std::set<std::string>                                               m_listedTypes;
   std::set<std::string>                                               m_listingTypes;
   std::map<std::string, PlatformData>                                 m_platforms;
-  std::map<std::string, std::string>                                  m_structureAliases;
+  std::map<std::string, StructureAliasData>                           m_structureAliases;
   std::map<std::string, StructureData>                                m_structures;
   std::set<std::string>                                               m_tags;
   std::map<std::string, TypeData>                                     m_types;