diff --git a/src/Generator/FiberGenerator.php b/src/Generator/FiberGenerator.php
index a67f5870..9e766fd2 100644
--- a/src/Generator/FiberGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Generator/FiberGenerator.php
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ trait FiberGenerator
 
         [, $class] = $this->resolveTypeDecl($type, self::DECL_TYPE_OF_RETURN);
         $class = strtolower(ltrim($class, '\\'));
-        return in_array($class, ['iterator', 'traversable', 'fibergenerator'], true);
+        // `\Generator` is the return type PHP programmers naturally write for a
+        // generator. TypePHP generators actually return a `\FiberGenerator`, so
+        // accepting the declared `Generator` type keeps PHP source compatible
+        // while the runtime object remains a `\FiberGenerator`.
+        return in_array($class, ['iterator', 'traversable', 'fibergenerator', 'generator'], true);
     }
 
     protected function parseYieldExpr(Yield_ $expr): string
diff --git a/tests/compiler/generator/generator-foreach-yield.phpt b/tests/compiler/generator/generator-foreach-yield.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2029fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiler/generator/generator-foreach-yield.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+--TEST--
+generator re-yielding array elements via foreach with \Generator return type
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+function main()
+{
+    $g = test([1, 2, 3]);
+    var_dump($g);
+    foreach ($g as $value)
+    {
+        var_dump($value);
+    }
+}
+
+function test(array $array): \Generator
+{
+    foreach ($array as $value)
+    {
+        yield $value;
+    }
+}
+
+// main();
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+object(FiberGenerator)#%d (9) {
+  ["callback":"FiberGenerator":private]=>
+  object(Closure)#%d (2) {
+    ["function"]=>
+    string(19) "stdClass::{closure}"
+    ["this"]=>
+    object(stdClass)#%d (1) {
+      ["box"]=>
+      resource(%d) of type (php::box)
+    }
+  }
+  ["fiber":"FiberGenerator":private]=>
+  NULL
+  ["current":"FiberGenerator":private]=>
+  NULL
+  ["key":"FiberGenerator":private]=>
+  NULL
+  ["valid":"FiberGenerator":private]=>
+  bool(false)
+  ["state":"FiberGenerator":private]=>
+  int(0)
+  ["yield_count":"FiberGenerator":private]=>
+  int(0)
+  ["next_index":"FiberGenerator":private]=>
+  int(0)
+  ["return_value":"FiberGenerator":private]=>
+  NULL
+}
+int(1)
+int(2)
+int(3)
diff --git a/tests/compiler/generator/generator-return-type-generator.phpt b/tests/compiler/generator/generator-return-type-generator.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d5894cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compiler/generator/generator-return-type-generator.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+--TEST--
+generator return type accepts \Generator for methods, nullable and union variants
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+class Box
+{
+    public function gen(array $array): \Generator
+    {
+        foreach ($array as $value) {
+            yield $value * 2;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function nullableGen(array $array): ?\Generator
+{
+    foreach ($array as $value) {
+        yield $value;
+    }
+}
+
+function unionGen(array $array): \Generator|\Iterator
+{
+    foreach ($array as $value) {
+        yield $value;
+    }
+}
+
+function main()
+{
+    $b = new Box();
+    foreach ($b->gen([1, 2, 3]) as $v) {
+        var_dump($v);
+    }
+    $g = nullableGen([4, 5]);
+    foreach ($g as $v) {
+        var_dump($v);
+    }
+    $u = unionGen([6, 7]);
+    foreach ($u as $v) {
+        var_dump($v);
+    }
+}
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+int(2)
+int(4)
+int(6)
+int(4)
+int(5)
+int(6)
+int(7)