diff --git a/src/extract/resolve/module-classifiers.mjs b/src/extract/resolve/module-classifiers.mjs
index c2aee3803..1c52450ae 100644
--- a/src/extract/resolve/module-classifiers.mjs
+++ b/src/extract/resolve/module-classifiers.mjs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable max-lines */
 import { isAbsolute, resolve as path_resolve } from "node:path";
 import { join as posix_join } from "node:path/posix";
 import { isMatch } from "picomatch";
@@ -219,6 +220,8 @@ function stripIndex(pModulePath) {
  *
  * https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/modules/reference.html#baseurl
  *
+ * Assumes the pModuleName is not relative.
+ *
  * @param {string} pModuleName
  * @param {string} pResolvedModuleName
  * @param {string} pTSConfigBaseURL
@@ -228,7 +231,13 @@ function matchesTSConfigBaseURL(
   pResolvedModuleName,
   pTSConfigBaseURL,
 ) {
-  if (!pTSConfigBaseURL) {
+  // the pModuleName === pResolvedModuleName check is there to prevent
+  // false positives for core modules ('fs' resolved === 'fs') and modules that
+  // we couldn't resolve at all (e.g. 'this/does/not/exist' => 'this/does/not/exist')
+  //
+  // we could also check whether the moduleName is relative, but that's
+  // not efficient as that was already done before this function was called.
+  if (!pTSConfigBaseURL || pModuleName === pResolvedModuleName) {
     return false;
   }
   // "If baseUrl is set, TypeScript will resolve non-relative module names
diff --git a/test/extract/resolve/module-classifiers.get-alias-types.spec.mjs b/test/extract/resolve/module-classifiers.get-alias-types.spec.mjs
index 449f577fb..09dea134b 100644
--- a/test/extract/resolve/module-classifiers.get-alias-types.spec.mjs
+++ b/test/extract/resolve/module-classifiers.get-alias-types.spec.mjs
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ describe("[I] extract/resolve/module-classifiers - getAliasTypes", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("should return aliased and aliased-tsconfig for tsconfig alias", () => {
+  it("should return aliased, aliased-tsconfig and aliased-tsconfig-paths for tsconfig paths", () => {
     const lManifest = {
       name: "test",
       version: "1.0.0",
@@ -312,4 +312,51 @@ describe("[I] extract/resolve/module-classifiers - getAliasTypes", () => {
       ["aliased", "aliased-tsconfig", "aliased-tsconfig-paths"],
     );
   });
+
+  it("should return aliased, aliased-tsconfig and aliased-tsconfig-base-url when it matches tsconfig base urls", () => {
+    const lManifest = {
+      name: "test",
+      version: "1.0.0",
+      dependencies: {},
+    };
+    const lTranspileOptions = {
+      tsConfig: {
+        options: {
+          baseUrl: "./src",
+          paths: {
+            "@tsconfig/*": ["./something-else/*"],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    deepEqual(
+      getAliasTypes(
+        "package",
+        "src/package/index.js",
+        {},
+        lManifest,
+        lTranspileOptions,
+      ),
+      ["aliased", "aliased-tsconfig", "aliased-tsconfig-base-url"],
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("should NOT return aliased, aliased-tsconfig and aliased-tsconfig-base-url when it's a core module", () => {
+    const lManifest = {
+      name: "test",
+      version: "1.0.0",
+      dependencies: {},
+    };
+    const lTranspileOptions = {
+      tsConfig: {
+        options: {
+          baseUrl: "./",
+          paths: {
+            "@tsconfig/*": ["./something-else/*"],
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    deepEqual(getAliasTypes("fs", "fs", {}, lManifest, lTranspileOptions), []);
+  });
 });