diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-base-to-string.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-base-to-string.ts
index 26eadce9983..53d50bd4694 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-base-to-string.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-base-to-string.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ export type Options = [
   },
 ];
 export type MessageIds = 'baseArrayJoin' | 'baseToString';
+const canHaveTypeParameters = (declaration: ts.Declaration) => {
+  return (
+    ts.isTypeAliasDeclaration(declaration) ||
+    ts.isInterfaceDeclaration(declaration) ||
+    ts.isClassDeclaration(declaration)
+  );
+};
 
 export default createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
   name: 'no-base-to-string',
@@ -231,6 +238,17 @@ export default createRule<Options, MessageIds>({
         return Usefulness.Always;
       }
 
+      const symbol = type.aliasSymbol ?? type.getSymbol();
+      const decl = symbol?.getDeclarations()?.[0];
+      if (
+        decl &&
+        canHaveTypeParameters(decl) &&
+        decl.typeParameters &&
+        ignoredTypeNames.includes(symbol.name)
+      ) {
+        return Usefulness.Always;
+      }
+
       if (ignoredTypeNames.includes(getTypeName(checker, type))) {
         return Usefulness.Always;
       }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-base-to-string.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-base-to-string.test.ts
index 8c61eda34e6..7e6fa055b55 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-base-to-string.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-base-to-string.test.ts
@@ -300,6 +300,30 @@ String(foo);
       `,
       options: [{ ignoredTypeNames: ['Foo'] }],
     },
+    {
+      code: `
+interface MyError<T> {}
+declare const error: MyError<number>;
+error.toString();
+      `,
+      options: [{ ignoredTypeNames: ['MyError'] }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+type MyError<T> = {};
+declare const error: MyError<number>;
+error.toString();
+      `,
+      options: [{ ignoredTypeNames: ['MyError'] }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+class MyError<T> {}
+declare const error: MyError<number>;
+error.toString();
+      `,
+      options: [{ ignoredTypeNames: ['MyError'] }],
+    },
     `
 function String(value) {
   return value;