diff --git a/stl/inc/typeinfo b/stl/inc/typeinfo
index e1e50f05eb8..f404bdd60bf 100644
--- a/stl/inc/typeinfo
+++ b/stl/inc/typeinfo
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ _STL_DISABLE_CLANG_WARNINGS
 
 #include <vcruntime_typeinfo.h>
 
+_EXPORT_STD extern "C++" class type_info; // for typeid, MSVC looks for type_info in the global namespace
+
 _STD_BEGIN
 
 // size in pointers of std::function and std::any (roughly 3 pointers larger than std::string when building debug)
diff --git a/tests/std/include/test_header_units_and_modules.hpp b/tests/std/include/test_header_units_and_modules.hpp
index 33fc4115a77..ce362844dc7 100644
--- a/tests/std/include/test_header_units_and_modules.hpp
+++ b/tests/std/include/test_header_units_and_modules.hpp
@@ -937,6 +937,8 @@ void test_typeinfo() {
     const type_info& t3 = typeid(double);
     assert(t1 == t2);
     assert(t1 != t3);
+
+    assert(typeid(double).name() == "double"sv); // also test DevCom-10349749
 }
 
 void test_unordered_map() {