diff --git a/src/reflection/fy-clang-backend.c b/src/reflection/fy-clang-backend.c
index 2236e4ea..41fa9fce 100644
--- a/src/reflection/fy-clang-backend.c
+++ b/src/reflection/fy-clang-backend.c
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ clang_register_type(struct fy_reflection *rfl, struct fy_decl *decl, CXCursor cu
 	CXType type;
 	enum fy_type_kind type_kind;
 	const char *type_name;
+	const char *s;
 	bool elaborated, anonymous;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ clang_register_type(struct fy_reflection *rfl, struct fy_decl *decl, CXCursor cu
 		type = clang_Type_getNamedType(type);
 
 		/* we don't want to register a declaration of an elaborated type */
-		decl = NULL;
+		// decl = NULL;
 		elaborated = true;
 	}
 
@@ -366,6 +367,11 @@ clang_register_type(struct fy_reflection *rfl, struct fy_decl *decl, CXCursor cu
 			type_name = clang_str_get_alloca(clang_getCursorUSR(cursor));
 	}
 
+	/* fixup unnamed types of the form struct|union|... (unamed */
+	s = strstr(type_name, " (unnamed at");
+	if (s)
+		type_name = s + 1;
+
 	memset(ftu, 0, sizeof(*ftu));
 	ftu->type = type;
 
@@ -389,11 +395,16 @@ clang_register_type(struct fy_reflection *rfl, struct fy_decl *decl, CXCursor cu
 
 	/* base type match found, try to append unique type info wrapper */
 	if (ft) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s:%d appending type '%s':%s\n", __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, type_name, decl ? fy_decl_get_yaml_comment(decl) : "<NULL>");
-		ret = fy_type_append_unique(ft, decl, ftu);
-		if (ret) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: fy_type_append_unique() failed for type_name=%s\n", __func__, type_name);
-			goto err_out;
+		if (elaborated) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: do not append elaborated type_name=%s\n", __func__, type_name);
+
+		} else {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s:%d appending type '%s':%s\n", __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__, type_name, decl ? fy_decl_get_yaml_comment(decl) : "<NULL>");
+			ret = fy_type_append_unique(ft, decl, ftu);
+			if (ret) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s: fy_type_append_unique() failed for type_name=%s\n", __func__, type_name);
+				goto err_out;
+			}
 		}
 
 	} else {
@@ -432,6 +443,7 @@ fy_import_backend_root_visitor(CXCursor cursor, CXCursor parent, CXClientData cl
 	enum CXCursorKind cursor_kind;
 	const char *cursor_spelling;
 	const char *cursor_kind_spelling;
+	const char *s;
 	struct fy_decl *decl = NULL;
 	unsigned int ret;
 	bool visit_children;
@@ -483,6 +495,12 @@ fy_import_backend_root_visitor(CXCursor cursor, CXCursor parent, CXClientData cl
 #endif
 
 	cursor_spelling = clang_str_get_alloca(clang_getCursorSpelling(cursor));
+
+	/* fixup unnamed types of the form struct|union|... (unamed */
+	s = strstr(cursor_spelling, " (unnamed at");
+	if (s)
+		cursor_spelling = s + 1;
+
 	cursor_kind_spelling = clang_str_get_alloca(clang_getCursorKindSpelling(cursor_kind));
 	(void)cursor_kind_spelling;
 
@@ -946,6 +964,7 @@ static int clang_decl_setup(struct fy_decl *decl, void *user)
 		declb->typedef_info.underlying.cursor = clang_getTypeDeclaration(declb->typedef_info.underlying.type);
 		clang_str_setup(&declb->typedef_info.underlying.type_kind_spelling, clang_getTypeKindSpelling(declb->typedef_info.underlying.type.kind));
 		clang_str_setup(&declb->typedef_info.underlying.type_spelling, clang_getTypeSpelling(declb->typedef_info.underlying.type));
+		break;
 
 	case FYDT_STRUCT:
 	case FYDT_UNION:
diff --git a/src/reflection/fy-reflection.c b/src/reflection/fy-reflection.c
index 94caa81a..dd5c3eef 100644
--- a/src/reflection/fy-reflection.c
+++ b/src/reflection/fy-reflection.c
@@ -527,10 +527,12 @@ struct fy_type_info_wrapper *fy_type_get_info_wrapper(struct fy_type *ft, struct
 {
 	struct fy_type_info_wrapper *tiw;
 	const char *c1, *c2;
+	bool is_primitive;
 
 	if (!ft)
 		return NULL;
 
+	is_primitive = fy_type_kind_is_primitive(ft->type_kind);
 	c1 = decl ? fy_decl_get_yaml_comment(decl) : NULL;
 
 	for (tiw = fy_type_info_wrapper_list_head(&ft->typeinfos);
@@ -539,7 +541,8 @@ struct fy_type_info_wrapper *fy_type_get_info_wrapper(struct fy_type *ft, struct
 
 		c2 = tiw->decl ? fy_decl_get_yaml_comment(tiw->decl) : NULL;
 
-		if (tiw->decl == decl || (!c1 && !c2) || (c1 && c2 && !strcmp(c1, c2)))
+		/* non primitives (i.e. typedefs, structs etc, don't differentiate */
+		if (!is_primitive || tiw->decl == decl || (!c1 && !c2) || (c1 && c2 && !strcmp(c1, c2)))
 			break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/tool/fy-tool.c b/src/tool/fy-tool.c
index 2fa41000..b779f1cb 100644
--- a/src/tool/fy-tool.c
+++ b/src/tool/fy-tool.c
@@ -5867,7 +5867,7 @@ reflection_setup_type_specialize_one(struct reflection_type_data *rtd)
 
 	return 0;
 err_out:
-	fprintf(stderr, "\e[31%s: error\e[0m\n", __func__);
+	fprintf(stderr, "\e[31m%s: error\e[0m\n", __func__);
 	return -1;
 }