diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index ba58c2546..5bb46e94b 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # C3C Release Notes
 
+## 0.7.8 Change list
+### Changes / improvements
+
+### Fixes
+- `Foo.is_eq` would return false if the type was a `typedef` and had an overload, but the underlying type was not comparable.
+
+### Stdlib changes
+
 ## 0.7.7 Change list
 
 ### Changes / improvements
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
index f25e4b09f..8f7373a13 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
@@ -5760,7 +5760,7 @@ static bool sema_expr_rewrite_to_type_property(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr,
 			expr_rewrite_const_bool(expr, type_bool, type_is_ordered(flat));
 			return true;
 		case TYPE_PROPERTY_IS_EQ:
-			switch (sema_type_can_check_equality_with_overload(context, flat))
+			switch (sema_type_can_check_equality_with_overload(context, type))
 			{
 				case BOOL_ERR:
 					return false;
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index d94be3bd1..9624ba0e1 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#define COMPILER_VERSION "0.7.7"
-#define PRERELEASE 0
+#define COMPILER_VERSION "0.7.8"
+#define PRERELEASE 1
diff --git a/test/test_suite/distinct/distinct_is_eq.c3 b/test/test_suite/distinct/distinct_is_eq.c3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39684e2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_suite/distinct/distinct_is_eq.c3
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module test;
+import std;
+struct Boo { int a; }
+typedef Foo = Boo;
+
+fn bool Foo.eq(Foo a, Foo b) @operator(==) => false;
+
+fn int main()
+{
+	$assert Foo.is_eq;
+	return 0;
+}
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