diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/auto_str_methods.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/auto_str_methods.v
index 795ac0aaef..326a639b59 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/auto_str_methods.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/auto_str_methods.v
@@ -709,8 +709,18 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_str_for_map(info ast.Map, styp string, str_fn_name string) {
 		val_sym = g.table.sym(val_typ)
 	}
 	val_styp := g.typ(val_typ)
-	elem_str_fn_name := val_styp.replace('*', '') + '_str'
-	if !val_sym.has_method('str') {
+	mut elem_str_fn_name := val_styp.replace('*', '') + '_str'
+	if val_sym.has_method_with_generic_parent('str') {
+		match mut val_sym.info {
+			ast.Struct, ast.Interface, ast.SumType {
+				if val_sym.info.generic_types.len > 0 {
+					elem_str_fn_name = g.generic_fn_name(val_sym.info.concrete_types,
+						elem_str_fn_name)
+				}
+			}
+			else {}
+		}
+	} else {
 		g.get_str_fn(val_typ)
 	}
 
@@ -742,7 +752,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_str_for_map(info ast.Map, styp string, str_fn_name string) {
 	} else if val_sym.kind == .string {
 		tmp_str := str_intp_sq('*(${val_styp}*)DenseArray_value(&m.key_values, i)')
 		g.auto_str_funcs.writeln('\t\tstrings__Builder_write_string(&sb, ${tmp_str});')
-	} else if should_use_indent_func(val_sym.kind) && !val_sym.has_method('str') {
+	} else if should_use_indent_func(val_sym.kind) && !val_sym.has_method_with_generic_parent('str') {
 		ptr_str := '*'.repeat(val_typ.nr_muls())
 		g.auto_str_funcs.writeln('\t\tstrings__Builder_write_string(&sb, indent_${elem_str_fn_name}(*${ptr_str}(${val_styp}*)DenseArray_value(&m.key_values, i), indent_count));')
 	} else if val_sym.kind in [.f32, .f64] {
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/string_map_with_generic_struct_value_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/string_map_with_generic_struct_value_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..444a7714ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/string_map_with_generic_struct_value_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import datatypes
+
+fn test_string_map_with_generic_struct_value() {
+	p := map[string]datatypes.Stack[int]{}
+	println(p)
+	assert '${p}' == '{}'
+}