diff --git a/stew/shims/macros.nim b/stew/shims/macros.nim
index 8fc4541..b8df6cb 100644
--- a/stew/shims/macros.nim
+++ b/stew/shims/macros.nim
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ proc collectFieldsInHierarchy(result: var seq[FieldDescription],
                               objectType: NimNode) =
   var objectType = objectType
 
+  objectType.expectKind {nnkObjectTy, nnkRefTy}
+
   if objectType.kind == nnkRefTy:
     objectType = objectType[0]
 
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ proc collectFieldsInHierarchy(result: var seq[FieldDescription],
     baseType = getImpl(baseType)
     baseType.expectKind nnkTypeDef
     baseType = baseType[2]
-    baseType.expectKind nnkObjectTy
+    baseType.expectKind {nnkObjectTy, nnkRefTy}
     collectFieldsInHierarchy result, baseType
 
   let recList = objectType[2]
diff --git a/tests/test_macros.nim b/tests/test_macros.nim
index ebb31d2..b223c2e 100644
--- a/tests/test_macros.nim
+++ b/tests/test_macros.nim
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ type
   DerivedType = ref object of BaseType
     derivedField: int
 
+  DerivedFromRefType = ref object of DerivedType
+    anotherDerivedField: string
+
 macro getFieldsLists(T: type): untyped =
   result = newTree(nnkBracket)
 
@@ -29,10 +32,11 @@ macro getFieldsLists(T: type): untyped =
     result.add newLit($f.name)
 
 static:
-  doAssert getFieldsLists(DerivedType) == [
+  doAssert getFieldsLists(DerivedFromRefType) == [
     "baseField",
     "baseCaseField",
     "baseA",
-    "derivedField"
+    "derivedField",
+    "anotherDerivedField"
   ]