diff --git a/src/V3Width.cpp b/src/V3Width.cpp
index 368f2ef29..885388f68 100644
--- a/src/V3Width.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Width.cpp
@@ -2121,6 +2121,10 @@ private:
                 v3Global.rootp()->typeTablep()->addTypesp(newp);
             }
         }
+        if (AstWildcardArrayDType* const wildp
+            = VN_CAST(nodep->dtypeSkipRefp(), WildcardArrayDType)) {
+            nodep->dtypep(wildp);  // Skip RefDType like for other dynamic array types
+        }
         if (VN_IS(nodep->dtypep()->skipRefToConstp(), ConstDType)) nodep->isConst(true);
         // Parameters if implicit untyped inherit from what they are assigned to
         const AstBasicDType* const bdtypep = VN_CAST(nodep->dtypep(), BasicDType);
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_assoc_wildcard.v b/test_regress/t/t_assoc_wildcard.v
index 2d4e5c782..28fa62037 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_assoc_wildcard.v
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_assoc_wildcard.v
@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ module t (/*AUTOARG*/
       cyc <= cyc + 1;
       begin
          // Wildcard
+         typedef string dict_t [*];
          string a [*] = '{default: "nope", "BBBBB": "fooing", 23'h434343: "baring"};
+         dict_t b = '{default: "nope", "BBBBB": "fooing", 23'h434343: "baring"};
          int k;
          string v;
 
+         v = b["CCC"]; `checks(v, "baring");
+         v = b["BBBBB"]; `checks(v, "fooing");
+
          v = a["CCC"]; `checks(v, "baring");
          v = a["BBBBB"]; `checks(v, "fooing");