diff --git a/processor/processor.go b/processor/processor.go
index 5decc94..09caa79 100644
--- a/processor/processor.go
+++ b/processor/processor.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func Process(config *config.Config) ([]types.GroupVersionDetails, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find API types in directory %s:%w", config.SourcePath, err)
 	}
 
-	p.types.InlineTypes()
+	p.types.InlineTypes(p.propagateReference)
 
 	// collect references between types
 	for typeName, refs := range p.references {
@@ -490,6 +490,18 @@ func (p *processor) loadAliasType(typeDef *types.Type, pkg *loader.Package, unde
 	return p.processType(tPkg, tInfo, depth+1)
 }
 
+// Every child that has a reference to 'originalType', will also get a reference to 'additionalType'.
+func (p *processor) propagateReference(originalType *types.Type, additionalType *types.Type) {
+	originalTypeKey := types.Key(originalType)
+	additionalTypeKey := types.Key(additionalType)
+
+	for _, parentRefs := range p.references {
+		if _, ok := parentRefs[originalTypeKey]; ok {
+			parentRefs[additionalTypeKey] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *processor) addReference(parent *types.Type, child *types.Type) {
 	if child == nil || child.Kind == types.BasicKind {
 		return
diff --git a/test/api/v1/guestbook_types.go b/test/api/v1/guestbook_types.go
index a64274d..1b825ad 100644
--- a/test/api/v1/guestbook_types.go
+++ b/test/api/v1/guestbook_types.go
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ type Embedded3 struct {
 	D         string `json:"d,omitempty"`
 }
 type Embedded4 struct {
-	C string `json:"c,omitempty"`
+	C         string `json:"c,omitempty"`
+	EmbeddedX `json:",inline"`
+}
+type EmbeddedX struct {
+	X string `json:"x,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // GuestbookSpec defines the desired state of Guestbook.
diff --git a/test/expected.asciidoc b/test/expected.asciidoc
index 2076a27..fbb4414 100644
--- a/test/expected.asciidoc
+++ b/test/expected.asciidoc
@@ -35,11 +35,33 @@ Package v1 contains API Schema definitions for the webapp v1 API group
 | *`a`* __string__ | 
 | *`b`* __string__ | 
 | *`c`* __string__ | 
+| *`x`* __string__ | 
 | *`d`* __string__ | 
 | *`e`* __string__ | 
 |===
 
 
+[id="{anchor_prefix}-github-com-elastic-crd-ref-docs-api-v1-embeddedx"]
+==== EmbeddedX 
+
+
+
+.Appears In:
+****
+- xref:{anchor_prefix}-github-com-elastic-crd-ref-docs-api-v1-embedded[$$Embedded$$]
+- xref:{anchor_prefix}-github-com-elastic-crd-ref-docs-api-v1-embedded1[$$Embedded1$$]
+- xref:{anchor_prefix}-github-com-elastic-crd-ref-docs-api-v1-embedded2[$$Embedded2$$]
+- xref:{anchor_prefix}-github-com-elastic-crd-ref-docs-api-v1-embedded3[$$Embedded3$$]
+- xref:{anchor_prefix}-github-com-elastic-crd-ref-docs-api-v1-embedded4[$$Embedded4$$]
+****
+
+[cols="25a,75a", options="header"]
+|===
+| Field | Description
+| *`x`* __string__ | 
+|===
+
+
 [id="{anchor_prefix}-github-com-elastic-crd-ref-docs-api-v1-guestbook"]
 ==== Guestbook 
 
diff --git a/test/expected.md b/test/expected.md
index 1471acb..ced7303 100644
--- a/test/expected.md
+++ b/test/expected.md
@@ -30,10 +30,29 @@ Package v1 contains API Schema definitions for the webapp v1 API group
 | `a` _string_ |  |
 | `b` _string_ |  |
 | `c` _string_ |  |
+| `x` _string_ |  |
 | `d` _string_ |  |
 | `e` _string_ |  |
 
 
+#### EmbeddedX
+
+
+
+
+
+_Appears in:_
+- [Embedded](#embedded)
+- [Embedded1](#embedded1)
+- [Embedded2](#embedded2)
+- [Embedded3](#embedded3)
+- [Embedded4](#embedded4)
+
+| Field | Description |
+| --- | --- |
+| `x` _string_ |  |
+
+
 #### Guestbook
 
 
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index f1e4300..b25e664 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func (t *Type) ContainsInlinedTypes() bool {
 // TypeMap is a map of Type elements
 type TypeMap map[string]*Type
 
-func (types TypeMap) InlineTypes() {
+func (types TypeMap) InlineTypes(propagateReference func(original *Type, additional *Type)) {
 	// If C is inlined in B, and B is inlined in A; the fields of C are copied
 	// into B before the fields of B is copied into A. The ideal order of
 	// iterating and inlining fields is NOT known. Worst-case, only one type's
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ func (types TypeMap) InlineTypes() {
 					zap.S().Debugw("Inlining embedded type", "type", t,
 						"embeddedType", t.Fields[i].Type)
 					t.Fields.inlineType(i, embeddedType)
+					propagateReference(embeddedType, t)
 				}
 			}
 		}