diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/infix.v b/vlib/v/checker/infix.v
index 438030f986..479e69e523 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/infix.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/infix.v
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) infix_expr(mut node ast.InfixExpr) ast.Type {
 					}
 					return ast.void_type
 				} else if left_value_sym.kind == .sum_type {
-					if right_final_sym.kind != .array {
+					if right_sym.kind != .array {
 						if !c.table.is_sumtype_or_in_variant(left_value_type, ast.mktyp(right_type)) {
 							c.error('cannot append `$right_sym.name` to `$left_sym.name`',
 								right_pos)
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
index 2484617a65..4b0c778b25 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
@@ -695,8 +695,9 @@ fn (mut g Gen) infix_expr_left_shift_op(node ast.InfixExpr) {
 		tmp_var := g.new_tmp_var()
 		array_info := left.unaliased_sym.info as ast.Array
 		noscan := g.check_noscan(array_info.elem_type)
-		//&& array_info.elem_type != g.unwrap_generic(node.right_type)
-		if right.unaliased_sym.kind == .array && array_info.elem_type != right.typ {
+		if right.unaliased_sym.kind == .array && array_info.elem_type != right.typ
+			&& !(right.sym.kind == .alias
+			&& g.table.sumtype_has_variant(array_info.elem_type, node.right_type, false)) {
 			// push an array => PUSH_MANY, but not if pushing an array to 2d array (`[][]int << []int`)
 			g.write('_PUSH_MANY${noscan}(')
 			mut expected_push_many_atype := left.typ
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/array_of_sumtype_append_alias_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/array_of_sumtype_append_alias_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f682897e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/array_of_sumtype_append_alias_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+type Attribute = NextHop | Origin
+
+type Origin = u8
+type NextHop = []u8
+
+fn test_array_of_sumtype_append_alias() {
+	mut attrs := []Attribute{cap: 100}
+	bytes := []u8{len: 4}
+
+	attrs << NextHop(bytes)
+	attrs << Origin(1)
+
+	for attr in attrs {
+		if attr is Origin {
+			println(attr)
+			continue
+		}
+		if attr is NextHop {
+			println(attr)
+			continue
+		}
+		panic('oh no !')
+	}
+	assert attrs.len == 2
+	assert attrs[0] == Attribute(NextHop(bytes))
+	assert attrs[1] == Attribute(Origin(1))
+}