diff --git a/reflect/Reader/ModuleReader.cs b/reflect/Reader/ModuleReader.cs
index 7a717284..d53cf889 100644
--- a/reflect/Reader/ModuleReader.cs
+++ b/reflect/Reader/ModuleReader.cs
@@ -374,7 +374,8 @@ namespace IKVM.Reflection.Reader
 								case TypeRefTable.Index:
 									{
 										Type outer = ResolveType(scope, null);
-										typeRefs[index] = outer.GetNestedType(GetString(TypeRef.records[index].TypeName), BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+										string typeName = GetTypeName(TypeRef.records[index].TypeNameSpace, TypeRef.records[index].TypeName);
+										typeRefs[index] = outer.GetNestedTypeCorrectly(typeName);
 										break;
 									}
 								case ModuleTable.Index:
diff --git a/reflect/Type.cs b/reflect/Type.cs
index 8f8d9c7e..6d0caae7 100644
--- a/reflect/Type.cs
+++ b/reflect/Type.cs
@@ -747,6 +747,38 @@ namespace IKVM.Reflection
 			return GetConstructor(bindingAttr, binder, types, modifiers);
 		}
 
+		private static bool MatchTypeNames(string ns, string name, string fullName)
+		{
+			if (ns == null)
+			{
+				return name == fullName;
+			}
+			else if (ns.Length + 1 + name.Length == fullName.Length)
+			{
+				return fullName[ns.Length] == '.'
+					&& String.CompareOrdinal(ns, 0, fullName, 0, ns.Length) == 0
+					&& String.CompareOrdinal(name, 0, fullName, ns.Length + 1, name.Length) == 0;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// unlike the public API, this takes the namespace and name into account
+		internal Type GetNestedTypeCorrectly(string name)
+		{
+			CheckBaked();
+			foreach (Type type in __GetDeclaredTypes())
+			{
+				if (MatchTypeNames(type.__Namespace, type.__Name, name))
+				{
+					return type;
+				}
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+
 		public Type GetNestedType(string name)
 		{
 			return GetNestedType(name, BindingFlags.Public);
diff --git a/reflect/TypeNameParser.cs b/reflect/TypeNameParser.cs
index d6c18ee9..77686f03 100644
--- a/reflect/TypeNameParser.cs
+++ b/reflect/TypeNameParser.cs
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ namespace IKVM.Reflection
 			{
 				foreach (string nest in nested)
 				{
-					type = type.GetNestedType(nest, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+					type = type.GetNestedTypeCorrectly(TypeNameParser.Unescape(nest));
 					if (type == null)
 					{
 						if (throwOnError)