diff --git a/include/cppast/cpp_alias_template.hpp b/include/cppast/cpp_alias_template.hpp
index 2cdd216..06fad40 100644
--- a/include/cppast/cpp_alias_template.hpp
+++ b/include/cppast/cpp_alias_template.hpp
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ namespace cppast
         }
 
     private:
-        cpp_alias_template(std::string name, std::unique_ptr<cpp_type_alias> alias)
-        : cpp_template(std::move(name), std::unique_ptr<cpp_entity>(alias.release()))
+        cpp_alias_template(std::unique_ptr<cpp_type_alias> alias)
+        : cpp_template(std::unique_ptr<cpp_entity>(alias.release()))
         {
         }
 
         cpp_entity_kind do_get_entity_kind() const noexcept override;
+
+        friend basic_builder<cpp_alias_template, cpp_type_alias>;
     };
 } // namespace cppast
 
diff --git a/include/cppast/cpp_template.hpp b/include/cppast/cpp_template.hpp
index 7152d82..a7534ff 100644
--- a/include/cppast/cpp_template.hpp
+++ b/include/cppast/cpp_template.hpp
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ namespace cppast
         {
         public:
             /// \effects Sets the name and the entity that is begin templated.
-            basic_builder(std::string name, std::unique_ptr<EntityT> templ)
-            : template_entity(new T(name, std::move(templ)))
+            basic_builder(std::unique_ptr<EntityT> templ) : template_entity(new T(std::move(templ)))
             {
             }
 
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ namespace cppast
 
         /// \effects Sets the name of the template and the entity to be templated.
         /// \notes It does not include the parameters.
-        cpp_template(std::string name, std::unique_ptr<cpp_entity> entity)
-        : cpp_entity(std::move(name))
+        cpp_template(std::unique_ptr<cpp_entity> entity) : cpp_entity(entity->name())
         {
             add_child(std::move(entity));
         }
diff --git a/include/cppast/cpp_type_alias.hpp b/include/cppast/cpp_type_alias.hpp
index b40ec4a..7b67ff3 100644
--- a/include/cppast/cpp_type_alias.hpp
+++ b/include/cppast/cpp_type_alias.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ namespace cppast
                                                      std::string               name,
                                                      std::unique_ptr<cpp_type> type);
 
+        /// \returns A newly created type alias that isn't registered.
+        /// \notes This function is intendend for templated type aliases.
+        static std::unique_ptr<cpp_type_alias> build(std::string               name,
+                                                     std::unique_ptr<cpp_type> type);
+
         /// \returns A reference to the aliased [cppast::cpp_type]().
         const cpp_type& underlying_type() const noexcept
         {
diff --git a/src/cpp_type_alias.cpp b/src/cpp_type_alias.cpp
index e6dd628..360c34f 100644
--- a/src/cpp_type_alias.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp_type_alias.cpp
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ std::unique_ptr<cpp_type_alias> cpp_type_alias::build(const cpp_entity_index& id
                                                       std::string               name,
                                                       std::unique_ptr<cpp_type> type)
 {
-    auto result =
-        std::unique_ptr<cpp_type_alias>(new cpp_type_alias(std::move(name), std::move(type)));
+    auto result = build(std::move(name), std::move(type));
     idx.register_entity(std::move(id), type_safe::cref(*result));
     return result;
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<cpp_type_alias> cpp_type_alias::build(std::string               name,
+                                                      std::unique_ptr<cpp_type> type)
+{
+    return std::unique_ptr<cpp_type_alias>(new cpp_type_alias(std::move(name), std::move(type)));
+}
+
 cpp_entity_kind cpp_type_alias::do_get_entity_kind() const noexcept
 {
     return cpp_entity_kind::type_alias_t;