diff --git a/packages/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/src/visitor.js b/packages/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/src/visitor.js
index 8c88180a..26d28e7a 100644
--- a/packages/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/src/visitor.js
+++ b/packages/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/src/visitor.js
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ function makeConstructorFinisher(parser) {
             return;
         }
 
-        combined = combineDoclets(eventDoclet, parentDoclet);
+        combined = combineDoclets(parentDoclet, eventDoclet);
         combined.longname = parentDoclet.longname;
         if (parentDoclet.memberof) {
             combined.memberof = parentDoclet.memberof;
diff --git a/packages/jsdoc/test/fixtures/aliasexports.js b/packages/jsdoc/test/fixtures/aliasexports.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4aaf1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jsdoc/test/fixtures/aliasexports.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/** @module foo */
+
+/**
+ * Bar class.
+ *
+ * @alias module:foo.Bar
+ */
+class Bar {
+    /** Create a Bar. */
+    constructor() {}
+}
+
+exports.Bar = Bar;
diff --git a/packages/jsdoc/test/specs/documentation/alias.js b/packages/jsdoc/test/specs/documentation/alias.js
index bde6ee38..cd28119e 100644
--- a/packages/jsdoc/test/specs/documentation/alias.js
+++ b/packages/jsdoc/test/specs/documentation/alias.js
@@ -106,4 +106,14 @@ describe('aliases', () => {
             expect(method).toBeArrayOfSize(1);
         });
     });
+
+    describe('class with constructor exported from module', () => {
+        it('When an exported class with a constructor has an alias, the exported class has the correct scope.', () => {
+            const docSet = jsdoc.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/aliasexports.js');
+            const klass = docSet.getByLongname('module:foo.Bar').filter(d => !d.undocumented);
+
+            expect(klass).toBeArrayOfSize(1);
+            expect(klass[0].scope).toBe('static');
+        });
+    });
 });