diff --git a/src/codemodder/codemods/utils_mixin.py b/src/codemodder/codemods/utils_mixin.py
index 2bd2107d2..501d6c1a6 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/codemods/utils_mixin.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/codemods/utils_mixin.py
@@ -2,13 +2,71 @@
 import libcst as cst
 from libcst import MetadataDependent, matchers
 from libcst.helpers import get_full_name_for_node
-from libcst.metadata import Assignment, BaseAssignment, ImportAssignment, ScopeProvider
+from libcst.metadata import (
+    Assignment,
+    BaseAssignment,
+    ImportAssignment,
+    Scope,
+    ScopeProvider,
+)
 from libcst.metadata.scope_provider import GlobalScope
 
 
 class NameResolutionMixin(MetadataDependent):
     METADATA_DEPENDENCIES: Tuple[Any, ...] = (ScopeProvider,)
 
+    def _iterate_scope_ancestors(self, scope: Scope):
+        """
+        Iterate over all the ancestors of scope. Includes self.
+        """
+        yield scope
+        while not isinstance(scope, GlobalScope):
+            scope = scope.parent
+            yield scope
+
+    def find_import_alias_in_nodes_scope_from_name(self, name, node):
+        maybe_tuple = self.find_import_in_nodes_scope_from_name(name, node)
+        if maybe_tuple:
+            return self._get_assigned_name_for_import(maybe_tuple[1])
+        return None
+
+    def _get_assigned_name_for_import(self, alias: cst.ImportAlias) -> str:
+        # "" shouldn't happen in any way, sanity check
+        if alias.asname:
+            match name := alias.asname.name:
+                case cst.Name():
+                    return name.value
+                case _:
+                    return ""
+        return get_full_name_for_node(alias.name.value) or ""
+
+    def find_import_in_nodes_scope_from_name(
+        self, name: str, node: cst.CSTNode
+    ) -> Optional[Tuple[cst.ImportFrom | cst.Import, cst.ImportAlias]]:
+        """
+        Given a node, find the earliest import node and alias for the given name in its scope.
+        """
+        for scope in self._iterate_scope_ancestors(
+            self.get_metadata(ScopeProvider, node)
+        ):
+            all_import_assignments = filter(
+                lambda x: isinstance(x, ImportAssignment),
+                reversed(list(scope.assignments)),
+            )
+            unique_import_nodes = {ia.node: None for ia in all_import_assignments}
+            for imp in unique_import_nodes.keys():
+                match imp:
+                    case cst.Import():
+                        for ia in imp.names:
+                            if get_full_name_for_node(ia.name) == name:
+                                return (imp, ia)
+                    case cst.ImportFrom():
+                        if not isinstance(imp.names, cst.ImportStar):
+                            for ia in imp.names:
+                                if get_full_name_for_node(ia.name) == name:
+                                    return (imp, ia)
+        return None
+
     def find_base_name(self, node):
         """
         Given a node, solve its name to its basest form. For now it can only solve names that are imported. For example, in what follows, the base name for exec.capitalize() is sys.executable.capitalize.
diff --git a/src/core_codemods/harden_pyyaml.py b/src/core_codemods/harden_pyyaml.py
index 3e0991900..6005a16f0 100644
--- a/src/core_codemods/harden_pyyaml.py
+++ b/src/core_codemods/harden_pyyaml.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from codemodder.codemods.base_codemod import ReviewGuidance
 from codemodder.codemods.api import SemgrepCodemod
+from codemodder.codemods.utils_mixin import NameResolutionMixin
 
 
-class HardenPyyaml(SemgrepCodemod):
+class HardenPyyaml(SemgrepCodemod, NameResolutionMixin):
     NAME = "harden-pyyaml"
     REVIEW_GUIDANCE = ReviewGuidance.MERGE_WITHOUT_REVIEW
     SUMMARY = "Use SafeLoader in `yaml.load()` Calls"
@@ -44,6 +45,15 @@ def rule(cls):
 
         """
 
-    def on_result_found(self, _, updated_node):
-        new_args = [*updated_node.args[:1], self.parse_expression("yaml.SafeLoader")]
+    def on_result_found(self, original_node, updated_node):
+        maybe_name = self.find_import_alias_in_nodes_scope_from_name(
+            "yaml", original_node
+        )
+        if not maybe_name:
+            self.add_needed_import("yaml")
+        maybe_name = maybe_name or "yaml"
+        new_args = [
+            *updated_node.args[:1],
+            self.parse_expression(f"{maybe_name}.SafeLoader"),
+        ]
         return self.update_arg_target(updated_node, new_args)
diff --git a/tests/codemods/test_harden_pyyaml.py b/tests/codemods/test_harden_pyyaml.py
index 7f745f930..0e3e47f3a 100644
--- a/tests/codemods/test_harden_pyyaml.py
+++ b/tests/codemods/test_harden_pyyaml.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ def test_all_unsafe_loaders_kwarg(self, tmpdir, loader):
 """
         self.run_and_assert(tmpdir, input_code, expected)
 
-    @pytest.mark.skip()
     def test_import_alias(self, tmpdir):
         input_code = """import yaml as yam
 from yaml import Loader
@@ -54,8 +53,10 @@ def test_import_alias(self, tmpdir):
 data = b'!!python/object/apply:subprocess.Popen \\n- ls'
 deserialized_data = yam.load(data, Loader=Loader)
 """
-        expected = """import yaml
+        expected = """import yaml as yam
+from yaml import Loader
+
 data = b'!!python/object/apply:subprocess.Popen \\n- ls'
-deserialized_data = yaml.load(data, yaml.SafeLoader)
+deserialized_data = yam.load(data, yam.SafeLoader)
 """
         self.run_and_assert(tmpdir, input_code, expected)