diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/ts2kt/translate.kt b/src/main/kotlin/ts2kt/translate.kt
index 0b2a741..05a9836 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/ts2kt/translate.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/ts2kt/translate.kt
@@ -162,10 +162,11 @@ fun translate(srcPath: String, basePackageName: String, declareModifierIsOptiona
         // no need to check the return type.  If they are incompatible, It will be a Kotlin compilation error.
 
         for (i in candidate.parameters.indices) {
-            val candidateType = getTypeOfSymbol(candidate.parameters[i])
-            val otherType = getTypeOfSymbol(other.parameters[i])
+            // Convert to a String in order to handle generic types
+            val candidateTypeString = typeToString(getTypeOfSymbol(candidate.parameters[i]))
+            val otherTypeString = typeToString(getTypeOfSymbol(other.parameters[i]))
 
-            if (candidateType != otherType) return false
+            if (candidateTypeString != otherTypeString) return false
         }
 
         return true
diff --git a/testData/class/inheritance/overrides.d.kt b/testData/class/inheritance/overrides.d.kt
index 22d6e2c..2b185e4 100644
--- a/testData/class/inheritance/overrides.d.kt
+++ b/testData/class/inheritance/overrides.d.kt
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ external interface BaseEvent {
     var data: dynamic /* String | Number */
     fun getDelegateTarget(): Shape
     fun getElement(): Element
+    fun <T : Shape> transform(shape: T? = definedExternally /* null */): T
 }
 external open class BoxStringEvent : BaseEvent {
     override var data: String = definedExternally
     override fun getDelegateTarget(): Box = definedExternally
     override fun getElement(): HTMLElement = definedExternally
+    override fun <T : Shape> transform(shape: T?): T = definedExternally
 }
 external interface NumberEvent : BaseEvent {
     override var data: Number
diff --git a/testData/class/inheritance/overrides.d.ts b/testData/class/inheritance/overrides.d.ts
index 45fb322..12425f4 100644
--- a/testData/class/inheritance/overrides.d.ts
+++ b/testData/class/inheritance/overrides.d.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ declare interface BaseEvent {
     data: string | number;
     getDelegateTarget(): Shape;
     getElement(): Element;
+    transform<T extends Shape>(shape?: T): T;
 }
 declare class BoxStringEvent implements BaseEvent {
     data: string;
     getDelegateTarget(): Box;
     getElement(): HTMLElement;
+    transform<T extends Shape>(shape?: T): T;
 }
 declare interface NumberEvent extends BaseEvent {
     data: number;