diff --git a/phpstan-baseline.neon b/phpstan-baseline.neon
index 742906195a..5f08db26ad 100644
--- a/phpstan-baseline.neon
+++ b/phpstan-baseline.neon
@@ -813,6 +813,11 @@ parameters:
 			count: 2
 			path: src/Type/Constant/ConstantArrayTypeBuilder.php
 
+		-
+			message: "#^PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\Type is always PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\Constant\\\\ConstantIntegerType\\|PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\Constant\\\\ConstantStringType but it's error\\-prone and dangerous\\.$#"
+			count: 2
+			path: src/Type/Constant/ConstantArrayTypeBuilder.php
+
 		-
 			message: "#^PHPDoc tag @var with type float\\|int is not subtype of native type int\\.$#"
 			count: 2
@@ -1448,6 +1453,11 @@ parameters:
 			count: 1
 			path: src/Type/StaticType.php
 
+		-
+			message: "#^PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\Type is always PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\StaticType but it's error\\-prone and dangerous\\.$#"
+			count: 1
+			path: src/Type/StaticType.php
+
 		-
 			message: "#^Doing instanceof PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\Constant\\\\ConstantStringType is error\\-prone and deprecated\\. Use Type\\:\\:getConstantStrings\\(\\) instead\\.$#"
 			count: 1
@@ -1583,6 +1593,11 @@ parameters:
 			count: 1
 			path: src/Type/UnionType.php
 
+		-
+			message: "#^PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\Type is always PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\BooleanType but it's error\\-prone and dangerous\\.$#"
+			count: 1
+			path: src/Type/UnionType.php
+
 		-
 			message: "#^Doing instanceof PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\Accessory\\\\AccessoryType is error\\-prone and deprecated\\. Use methods on PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\Type instead\\.$#"
 			count: 3
@@ -1710,3 +1725,8 @@ parameters:
 			count: 1
 			path: tests/PHPStan/Rules/Arrays/AppendedArrayKeyTypeRuleTest.php
 
+		-
+			message: "#^PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\Generic\\\\TemplateType is always PHPStan\\\\Type\\\\Generic\\\\TemplateMixedType but it's error\\-prone and dangerous\\.$#"
+			count: 1
+			path: tests/PHPStan/Type/IterableTypeTest.php
+
diff --git a/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php b/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php
index bb02a0108f..869e06d5bd 100644
--- a/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php
+++ b/src/Rules/PhpDoc/VarTagTypeRuleHelper.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use PHPStan\Type\Generic\GenericObjectType;
 use PHPStan\Type\ObjectType;
 use PHPStan\Type\Type;
+use PHPStan\Type\TypeUtils;
 use PHPStan\Type\VerbosityLevel;
 use function array_key_exists;
 use function count;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public function checkExprType(Scope $scope, Node\Expr $expr, Type $varTagType):
 	{
 		$errors = [];
 		$exprNativeType = $scope->getNativeType($expr);
+		$containsPhpStanType = $this->containsPhpStanType($varTagType);
 		if ($this->shouldVarTagTypeBeReported($expr, $exprNativeType, $varTagType)) {
 			$verbosity = VerbosityLevel::getRecommendedLevelByType($exprNativeType, $varTagType);
 			$errors[] = RuleErrorBuilder::message(sprintf(
@@ -79,9 +81,12 @@ public function checkExprType(Scope $scope, Node\Expr $expr, Type $varTagType):
 				$varTagType->describe($verbosity),
 				$exprNativeType->describe($verbosity),
 			))->build();
-		} elseif ($this->checkTypeAgainstPhpDocType) {
+		} else {
 			$exprType = $scope->getType($expr);
-			if ($this->shouldVarTagTypeBeReported($expr, $exprType, $varTagType)) {
+			if (
+				$this->shouldVarTagTypeBeReported($expr, $exprType, $varTagType)
+				&& ($this->checkTypeAgainstPhpDocType || $containsPhpStanType)
+			) {
 				$verbosity = VerbosityLevel::getRecommendedLevelByType($exprType, $varTagType);
 				$errors[] = RuleErrorBuilder::message(sprintf(
 					'PHPDoc tag @var with type %s is not subtype of type %s.',
@@ -91,9 +96,35 @@ public function checkExprType(Scope $scope, Node\Expr $expr, Type $varTagType):
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (count($errors) === 0 && $containsPhpStanType) {
+			$exprType = $scope->getType($expr);
+			if (!$exprType->equals($varTagType)) {
+				$verbosity = VerbosityLevel::getRecommendedLevelByType($exprType, $varTagType);
+				$errors[] = RuleErrorBuilder::message(sprintf(
+					'PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type %s is always %s but it\'s error-prone and dangerous.',
+					$exprType->describe($verbosity),
+					$varTagType->describe($verbosity),
+				))->build();
+			}
+		}
+
 		return $errors;
 	}
 
+	private function containsPhpStanType(Type $type): bool
+	{
+		$classReflections = TypeUtils::toBenevolentUnion($type)->getObjectClassReflections();
+		foreach ($classReflections as $classReflection) {
+			if (!$classReflection->isSubclassOf(Type::class)) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	private function shouldVarTagTypeBeReported(Node\Expr $expr, Type $type, Type $varTagType): bool
 	{
 		if ($expr instanceof Expr\New_) {
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
index 7fefce14d6..4187a25937 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/WrongVariableNameInVarTagRuleTest.php
@@ -226,6 +226,30 @@ public function dataReportWrongType(): iterable
 				'PHPDoc tag @var with type int is not subtype of native type \'foo\'.',
 				148,
 			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var with type stdClass is not subtype of native type PHPStan\Type\Type|null.',
+				186,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type PHPStan\Type\Type|null is always PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null but it\'s error-prone and dangerous.',
+				189,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type PHPStan\Type\Type|null is always PHPStan\Type\ObjectType but it\'s error-prone and dangerous.',
+				192,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null is always PHPStan\Type\ObjectType but it\'s error-prone and dangerous.',
+				195,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var with type PHPStan\Type\Type|null is not subtype of native type PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null.',
+				201,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var with type PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null is not subtype of type PHPStan\Type\Generic\GenericObjectType|null.',
+				204,
+			],
 		]];
 		yield [false, true, []];
 		yield [true, true, [
@@ -294,6 +318,30 @@ public function dataReportWrongType(): iterable
 				'PHPDoc tag @var with type array<Traversable<mixed, string>> is not subtype of type array<list<string|null>>.',
 				163,
 			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var with type stdClass is not subtype of native type PHPStan\Type\Type|null.',
+				186,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type PHPStan\Type\Type|null is always PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null but it\'s error-prone and dangerous.',
+				189,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type PHPStan\Type\Type|null is always PHPStan\Type\ObjectType but it\'s error-prone and dangerous.',
+				192,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var assumes the expression with type PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null is always PHPStan\Type\ObjectType but it\'s error-prone and dangerous.',
+				195,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var with type PHPStan\Type\Type|null is not subtype of native type PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null.',
+				201,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @var with type PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null is not subtype of type PHPStan\Type\Generic\GenericObjectType|null.',
+				204,
+			],
 		]];
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/wrong-var-native-type.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/wrong-var-native-type.php
index 55dcd5b026..67cfe231c1 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/wrong-var-native-type.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/PhpDoc/data/wrong-var-native-type.php
@@ -170,3 +170,56 @@ private function arrayOfLists(): array
 	}
 
 }
+
+class PHPStanType
+{
+
+	public function doFoo(): void
+	{
+		/** @var \PHPStan\Type\Type $a */
+		$a = $this->doBar(); // not narrowing - ok
+
+		/** @var \PHPStan\Type\Type|null $b */
+		$b = $this->doBar(); // not narrowing - ok
+
+		/** @var \stdClass $c */
+		$c = $this->doBar(); // not subtype - error
+
+		/** @var \PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null $d */
+		$d = $this->doBar(); // narrowing Type - error
+
+		/** @var \PHPStan\Type\ObjectType $e */
+		$e = $this->doBar(); // narrowing Type - error
+
+		/** @var \PHPStan\Type\ObjectType $f */
+		$f = $this->doBaz(); // not narrowing - does not have to error but currently does
+
+		/** @var \PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null $g */
+		$g = $this->doBaz(); // not narrowing - ok
+
+		/** @var \PHPStan\Type\Type|null $g */
+		$g = $this->doBaz(); // generalizing - not ok
+
+		/** @var \PHPStan\Type\ObjectType|null $h */
+		$h = $this->doBazPhpDoc(); // generalizing - not ok
+	}
+
+	public function doBar(): ?\PHPStan\Type\Type
+	{
+
+	}
+
+	public function doBaz(): ?\PHPStan\Type\ObjectType
+	{
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return \PHPStan\Type\Generic\GenericObjectType|null
+	 */
+	public function doBazPhpDoc()
+	{
+
+	}
+
+}