diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index a0cac0d375331..167ee1aef2a91 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -1792,6 +1792,11 @@ namespace ts {
         return containerKind === SyntaxKind.InterfaceDeclaration || containerKind === SyntaxKind.TypeLiteral;
     }
 
+    export function isFirstIdentifierOfImplementsClause(node: Node) {
+        return node.parent?.parent?.parent?.kind === SyntaxKind.HeritageClause
+            && (node.parent.parent.parent as HeritageClause).token === SyntaxKind.ImplementsKeyword;
+    }
+
     export function isExternalModuleImportEqualsDeclaration(node: Node): node is ImportEqualsDeclaration & { moduleReference: ExternalModuleReference } {
         return node.kind === SyntaxKind.ImportEqualsDeclaration && (<ImportEqualsDeclaration>node).moduleReference.kind === SyntaxKind.ExternalModuleReference;
     }
@@ -6138,6 +6143,7 @@ namespace ts {
     export function isValidTypeOnlyAliasUseSite(useSite: Node): boolean {
         return !!(useSite.flags & NodeFlags.Ambient)
             || isPartOfTypeQuery(useSite)
+            || isFirstIdentifierOfImplementsClause(useSite)
             || isPartOfPossiblyValidTypeOrAbstractComputedPropertyName(useSite)
             || !isExpressionNode(useSite);
     }
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/implementsClause.js b/tests/baselines/reference/implementsClause.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..431c9042f5b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/implementsClause.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//// [tests/cases/conformance/externalModules/typeOnly/implementsClause.ts] ////
+
+//// [types.ts]
+export interface Component {}
+
+//// [ns.ts]
+import type * as types from './types';
+export { types };
+
+//// [index.ts]
+import type * as types from './types';
+import * as nestedNamespace from './ns';
+
+class C implements types.Component {}
+class D implements nestedNamespace.types.Component {}
+
+
+//// [types.js]
+"use strict";
+exports.__esModule = true;
+//// [ns.js]
+"use strict";
+exports.__esModule = true;
+//// [index.js]
+"use strict";
+exports.__esModule = true;
+var C = /** @class */ (function () {
+    function C() {
+    }
+    return C;
+}());
+var D = /** @class */ (function () {
+    function D() {
+    }
+    return D;
+}());
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/implementsClause.symbols b/tests/baselines/reference/implementsClause.symbols
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b865e9187cb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/implementsClause.symbols
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+=== tests/cases/conformance/externalModules/typeOnly/types.ts ===
+export interface Component {}
+>Component : Symbol(Component, Decl(types.ts, 0, 0))
+
+=== tests/cases/conformance/externalModules/typeOnly/ns.ts ===
+import type * as types from './types';
+>types : Symbol(types, Decl(ns.ts, 0, 11))
+
+export { types };
+>types : Symbol(types, Decl(ns.ts, 1, 8))
+
+=== tests/cases/conformance/externalModules/typeOnly/index.ts ===
+import type * as types from './types';
+>types : Symbol(types, Decl(index.ts, 0, 11))
+
+import * as nestedNamespace from './ns';
+>nestedNamespace : Symbol(nestedNamespace, Decl(index.ts, 1, 6))
+
+class C implements types.Component {}
+>C : Symbol(C, Decl(index.ts, 1, 40))
+>types.Component : Symbol(types.Component, Decl(types.ts, 0, 0))
+>types : Symbol(types, Decl(index.ts, 0, 11))
+>Component : Symbol(types.Component, Decl(types.ts, 0, 0))
+
+class D implements nestedNamespace.types.Component {}
+>D : Symbol(D, Decl(index.ts, 3, 37))
+>nestedNamespace.types.Component : Symbol(types.Component, Decl(types.ts, 0, 0))
+>nestedNamespace.types : Symbol(nestedNamespace.types, Decl(ns.ts, 1, 8))
+>nestedNamespace : Symbol(nestedNamespace, Decl(index.ts, 1, 6))
+>types : Symbol(nestedNamespace.types, Decl(ns.ts, 1, 8))
+>Component : Symbol(types.Component, Decl(types.ts, 0, 0))
+
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/implementsClause.types b/tests/baselines/reference/implementsClause.types
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ffdff2f6fb08d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/implementsClause.types
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+=== tests/cases/conformance/externalModules/typeOnly/types.ts ===
+export interface Component {}
+No type information for this code.
+No type information for this code.=== tests/cases/conformance/externalModules/typeOnly/ns.ts ===
+import type * as types from './types';
+>types : typeof types
+
+export { types };
+>types : typeof types
+
+=== tests/cases/conformance/externalModules/typeOnly/index.ts ===
+import type * as types from './types';
+>types : typeof types
+
+import * as nestedNamespace from './ns';
+>nestedNamespace : typeof nestedNamespace
+
+class C implements types.Component {}
+>C : C
+>types : typeof types
+
+class D implements nestedNamespace.types.Component {}
+>D : D
+>nestedNamespace.types : any
+>nestedNamespace : typeof nestedNamespace
+>types : any
+
diff --git a/tests/cases/conformance/externalModules/typeOnly/implementsClause.ts b/tests/cases/conformance/externalModules/typeOnly/implementsClause.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..71926627d2470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/conformance/externalModules/typeOnly/implementsClause.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// @Filename: types.ts
+export interface Component {}
+
+// @Filename: ns.ts
+import type * as types from './types';
+export { types };
+
+// @Filename: index.ts
+import type * as types from './types';
+import * as nestedNamespace from './ns';
+
+class C implements types.Component {}
+class D implements nestedNamespace.types.Component {}