diff --git a/src/V3Param.cpp b/src/V3Param.cpp
index 56f664b2f..f6a885ca5 100644
--- a/src/V3Param.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Param.cpp
@@ -1300,6 +1300,14 @@ class ParamProcessor final {
     // Resolve an unresolved RefDType whose classOrPackageOp targets a parameterized
     // class or a typedef alias of one. Specializes the class and links the typedef.
     void resolveParamClassRefDType(AstNodeDType* dtypep) {
+        // Recurse into struct/union members for buried RefDTypes
+        if (AstNodeUOrStructDType* const sup = VN_CAST(dtypep, NodeUOrStructDType)) {
+            for (AstMemberDType* memp = sup->membersp(); memp;
+                 memp = VN_AS(memp->nextp(), MemberDType)) {
+                resolveParamClassRefDType(memp->subDTypep());
+            }
+            return;
+        }
         AstRefDType* const refp = dtypep ? VN_CAST(dtypep, RefDType) : nullptr;
         if (!refp) return;
         if (refp->typedefp() || refp->refDTypep()) return;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_struct_with_param_class.py b/test_regress/t/t_struct_with_param_class.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..46d1fe4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_struct_with_param_class.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3
+# or the Perl Artistic License Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Wilson Snyder
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+import vltest_bootstrap
+
+test.scenarios('simulator')
+
+test.compile(verilator_flags2=['--binary'])
+
+test.execute()
+
+test.passes()
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_struct_with_param_class.v b/test_regress/t/t_struct_with_param_class.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78c19eb69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_struct_with_param_class.v
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// References to a parameterized-class typedef (r#(N)::t) buried inside
+// unit-scope struct/union typedefs, passed as interface type-parameter
+// values. Exercises resolveParamClassRefDType's recursion into
+// NodeUOrStructDType members across several container shapes and a
+// non-default parameter value.
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain.
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Wilson Snyder
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+// verilog_format: off
+`define stop $stop
+`define checkh(gotv,expv) do if ((gotv) !== (expv)) begin $write("%%Error: %s:%0d:  got='h%x exp='h%x\n", `__FILE__,`__LINE__, (gotv), (expv)); `stop; end while(0)
+// verilog_format: on
+
+class r #(parameter int W = 1);
+  typedef struct packed { logic [W-1:0] unused; } t;
+endclass
+
+// Plain struct member, default param
+typedef struct packed { r#(1)::t f; } tf_struct;
+
+// Union member, default param
+typedef union packed { r#(1)::t a; logic [0:0] b; } tf_union;
+
+// Non-default param value (forces class r to be specialized, not reused)
+typedef struct packed { r#(7)::t f; } tf_nondefault;
+
+// Reference two levels deep, exercising the self-recursion
+typedef struct packed {
+  struct packed { r#(1)::t f; } inner;
+} tf_nested;
+
+interface ifc #(parameter type T = logic);
+endinterface
+
+module t;
+  ifc #(.T(tf_struct))     bad_struct     ();
+  ifc #(.T(tf_union))      bad_union      ();
+  ifc #(.T(tf_nondefault)) bad_nondefault ();
+  ifc #(.T(tf_nested))     bad_nested     ();
+
+  initial begin
+    tf_struct     v_struct;
+    tf_union      v_union;
+    tf_nondefault v_nondefault;
+    tf_nested     v_nested;
+
+    // Widths follow the specialized class parameter
+    `checkh($bits(tf_struct), 32'd1);
+    `checkh($bits(tf_union), 32'd1);
+    `checkh($bits(tf_nondefault), 32'd7);
+    `checkh($bits(tf_nested), 32'd1);
+
+    // Write/read through the buried r#(N)::t member to make sure
+    // the resolved type behaves as a real packed value
+    v_struct.f.unused = 1'b1;
+    `checkh(v_struct.f.unused, 1'b1);
+
+    v_nondefault.f.unused = 7'h5a;
+    `checkh(v_nondefault.f.unused, 7'h5a);
+
+    v_nested.inner.f.unused = 1'b1;
+    `checkh(v_nested.inner.f.unused, 1'b1);
+
+    v_union.a.unused = 1'b1;
+    `checkh(v_union.b, 1'b1);
+
+    $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+    $finish;
+  end
+endmodule