diff --git a/python/egglog/egraph.py b/python/egglog/egraph.py
index a25411fe..26f7cb39 100644
--- a/python/egglog/egraph.py
+++ b/python/egglog/egraph.py
@@ -704,8 +704,12 @@ def _fn_decl(
     # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/typing-only-standard-library-import/
     if "Callable" not in hint_globals:
         hint_globals["Callable"] = Callable
-
-    hints = get_type_hints(fn, hint_globals, hint_locals)
+    # Instead of passing both globals and locals, just pass the globals. Otherwise, for some reason forward references
+    # won't be resolved correctly
+    # We need this to be false so it returns "__forward_value__" https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/440ed18e08887b958ad50db1b823e692a747b671/Lib/typing.py#L919
+    # https://github.com/egraphs-good/egglog-python/issues/210
+    hint_globals.update(hint_locals)
+    hints = get_type_hints(fn, hint_globals)
 
     params = list(signature(fn).parameters.values())
 
diff --git a/python/tests/test_no_import_star.py b/python/tests/test_no_import_star.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..085f8aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/tests/test_no_import_star.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import egglog as el
+
+
+def test_no_import_star():
+    """
+    https://github.com/egraphs-good/egglog-python/issues/210
+    """
+
+    class Num(el.Expr):
+        def __init__(self, value: el.i64Like) -> None: ...
+
+    Num(1)  # gets an error "NameError: name 'i64' is not defined"