diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d64bb2a6..68cff0a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased: pdoc next
 
+- Fix a crash when a `type` alias references a name that is only imported in an `if TYPE_CHECKING:` block.
+  ([#900](https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/pull/900), @cristianchiriac)
 - Fix incorrect ordering of `start-after`/`end-before` in RST include directives.
   ([#876](https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/pull/876), @JohanKarlbergg)
 - Support Pydantic [`computed_field`](https://docs.pydantic.dev/2.0/usage/computed_fields/) descriptions ([#855](https://github.com/mitmproxy/pdoc/pull/855), @avhz)
diff --git a/pdoc/doc.py b/pdoc/doc.py
index 41c0d673..3318f009 100644
--- a/pdoc/doc.py
+++ b/pdoc/doc.py
@@ -1143,7 +1143,20 @@ def default_value_str(self) -> str:
         if self.default_value is empty:
             return ""
         if isinstance(self.default_value, TypeAliasType):
-            formatted = formatannotation(self.default_value.__value__)
+            try:
+                value = self.default_value.__value__
+            except NameError:
+                module_name = self.default_value.__module__
+                module = sys.modules.get(module_name) if module_name else None
+                if module is None:
+                    return self.default_value.__name__
+                expression = f"{self.default_value.__name__}.__value__"
+                value = safe_eval_type(
+                    expression, module.__dict__, None, module, self.fullname
+                )
+                if isinstance(value, str) and value == expression:
+                    return self.default_value.__name__
+            formatted = formatannotation(value)
             return _remove_collections_abc(formatted)
         elif self.annotation == TypeAlias:
             formatted = formatannotation(self.default_value)
diff --git a/test/test_doc.py b/test/test_doc.py
index 3fcf96d4..50022fbb 100644
--- a/test/test_doc.py
+++ b/test/test_doc.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import builtins
 import dataclasses
 from pathlib import Path
+import sys
 import types
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 
+import pdoc
 from pdoc import extract
 from pdoc.doc import Class
 from pdoc.doc import Module
@@ -16,6 +18,43 @@
 here = Path(__file__).parent
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 12), reason="requires type statements")
+def test_type_alias_with_type_checking_import(tmp_path):
+    module_file = tmp_path / "alias_with_type_checking.py"
+    module_file.write_text(
+        "from __future__ import annotations\n"
+        "import typing\n"
+        "if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:\n"
+        "    from collections.abc import Sequence\n"
+        "type Values = Sequence[int]\n"
+    )
+    mod = extract.load_module(extract.parse_spec(module_file))
+    alias = Module(mod).members["Values"]
+    assert isinstance(alias, Variable)
+    assert alias.default_value_str == "Sequence[int]"
+    assert "Sequence[int]" in pdoc.pdoc(str(module_file))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 12), reason="requires type statements")
+def test_type_alias_with_unresolvable_value(tmp_path):
+    module_file = tmp_path / "unresolvable_alias.py"
+    module_file.write_text("type Missing = DoesNotExist\n")
+    mod = extract.load_module(extract.parse_spec(module_file))
+    with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="Error parsing type annotation"):
+        assert Module(mod).members["Missing"].default_value_str == "Missing"
+
+    namespace = {"__name__": "unregistered_module"}
+    exec("type Hidden = DoesNotExist", namespace)
+    alias = Variable(
+        "unregistered_module",
+        "Hidden",
+        taken_from=("unregistered_module", "Hidden"),
+        docstring="",
+        default_value=namespace["Hidden"],
+    )
+    assert alias.default_value_str == "Hidden"
+
+
 def test_repr_tb(monkeypatch):
     m = Module(dataclasses)
     with patch("pdoc.doc._docstr", side_effect=ValueError):