diff --git a/compiler/parser.v b/compiler/parser.v
index ab7dd43988..2fbfd5e29d 100644
--- a/compiler/parser.v
+++ b/compiler/parser.v
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ fn (p mut Parser) parse() {
 	// fully qualify the module name, eg base64 to encoding.base64
 	fq_mod := p.table.qualify_module(p.mod, p.file_path)
 	p.table.register_package(fq_mod)
-	// replace "." with "_" for C variable names
-	p.mod = fq_mod.replace('.', '_')
+	// replace "." with "__" in module name for C variable names
+	p.mod = fq_mod.replace('.', '__')
 	if p.run == .imports {
 		for p.tok == .key_import && p.peek() != .key_const {
 			p.import_statement()
@@ -308,29 +308,29 @@ fn (p mut Parser) import_statement() {
 	if p.tok != .name {
 		p.error('bad import format')
 	}
-	// aliasing (import b64 encoding.base64)
-	mut alias := ''
-	if p.tok == .name && p.peek() == .name {
-		alias = p.check_name()
-	}
 	mut pkg := p.lit.trim_space()
+	mut mod_alias := pkg
 	// submodule support
 	mut depth := 1
 	p.next()
 	for p.tok == .dot {
 		p.check(.dot) 
 		submodule := p.check_name()
-		if alias == '' { alias = submodule }
+		mod_alias = submodule
 		pkg += '.' + submodule
 		depth++
 		if depth > MaxModuleDepth { 
 			p.error('module depth of $MaxModuleDepth exceeded: $pkg') 
 		}
 	}
-	if alias == '' { alias = pkg }
+	// aliasing (import encoding.base64 as b64)
+	if p.tok == .key_as && p.peek() == .name {
+		p.check(.key_as) 
+		mod_alias = p.check_name()
+	}
 	p.fgenln(' ' + pkg)
 	// add import to file scope import table
-	p.import_table.register_alias(alias, pkg)
+	p.import_table.register_alias(mod_alias, pkg)
 	// Make sure there are no duplicate imports
 	if p.table.imports.contains(pkg) {
 		return
@@ -1308,8 +1308,8 @@ fn (p mut Parser) name_expr() string {
 		mut pkg := name
 		// must be aliased module
 		if name != p.mod && p.import_table.known_alias(name) {
-			// we replaced "." with "_" in p.mod for C variable names, do same here.
-			pkg = p.import_table.resolve_alias(name).replace('.', '_')
+			// we replaced "." with "__" in p.mod for C variable names, do same here.
+			pkg = p.import_table.resolve_alias(name).replace('.', '__')
 		}
 		p.next()
 		p.check(.dot)
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) name_expr() string {
 			// println('name_expr():')
 			// If orig_name is a pkg, then printing undefined: `pkg` tells us nothing
 			// if p.table.known_pkg(orig_name) {
-			if p.table.known_pkg(orig_name) && p.import_table.known_alias(orig_name) {
+			if p.table.known_pkg(orig_name) || p.import_table.known_alias(orig_name) {
 				name = name.replace('__', '.')
 				p.error('undefined: `$name`')
 			}
diff --git a/compiler/table.v b/compiler/table.v
index 140e3de4b0..9ec7a1a255 100644
--- a/compiler/table.v
+++ b/compiler/table.v
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ fn new_file_import_table(file_path string) *FileImportTable {
 	return t
 }
 
-fn (fit FileImportTable) known_import(mod string) bool {
+fn (fit &FileImportTable) known_import(mod string) bool {
 	return fit.imports.exists(mod) || fit.is_aliased(mod)
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests/struct_test.v b/compiler/tests/struct_test.v
index 8ff6cedee2..d54d42a044 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/struct_test.v
+++ b/compiler/tests/struct_test.v
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct C {
 mut: 
 	b B 
 	nums []int 
-	as []A 
+	aarr []A 
 	num int 
 } 
 
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ fn test_struct_levels() {
 	assert c.b.a.nums[1] == 2 
 	c.b.a.nums [0] = 7 
 	assert c.b.a.nums[0] == 7 
-	c.as << A{val:8} 
-	assert c.as.len == 1 
-	assert c.as[0].val == 8 
+	c.aarr << A{val:8} 
+	assert c.aarr.len == 1 
+	assert c.aarr[0].val == 8 
 	c.num = 20 
 	assert c.num == 20 
-	c.as[0].val  = 10 
-	assert c.as[0].val == 10 
+	c.aarr[0].val  = 10 
+	assert c.aarr[0].val == 10 
 } 
 
 fn test_struct_str() {
diff --git a/compiler/token.v b/compiler/token.v
index 57c679f8a4..7802c63a97 100644
--- a/compiler/token.v
+++ b/compiler/token.v
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ enum Token {
 	key_pub 
 	key_goto 
 	key_static
+	key_as
 	keyword_end
 }
 
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ fn build_token_str() []string {
 	s[Token.key_global] = '__global'
 	s[Token.key_union] = 'union'
 	s[Token.key_static] = 'static'
+	s[Token.key_as] = 'as'
 	return s
 }