diff --git a/ets2panda/ir/statements/forOfStatement.cpp b/ets2panda/ir/statements/forOfStatement.cpp
index 34147d4f7cad4068810abb8d0ee15b86fa33517d..62926980918b34847ac6a00cbb06d82a2c11a60a 100644
--- a/ets2panda/ir/statements/forOfStatement.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/ir/statements/forOfStatement.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ bool ForOfStatement::CheckReturnTypeOfIteratorMethod(checker::ETSChecker *checke
 
 bool ForOfStatement::CheckIteratorInterfaceForObject(checker::ETSChecker *checker, checker::ETSObjectType *obj)
 {
+    if (obj->Name().Is(ITERATOR_INTERFACE_NAME)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     for (auto *const it : obj->Interfaces()) {
         if (it->Name().Is(ITERATOR_INTERFACE_NAME)) {
             return true;
diff --git a/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/forOfCustomIterator3.ets b/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/forOfCustomIterator3.ets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d9e55bad5dc66752b95f5a0c7ac93b8b6379c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/forOfCustomIterator3.ets
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+class A implements Iterable<string>{
+    data: string[] = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
+    $_iterator():Iterator<string> {
+      return new CIterator(this);
+    }
+}
+
+class CIterator implements Iterator<string> {
+    index = 0;
+    base: A;
+    constructor (base: A) {
+        this.base = base;
+    }
+    next(): IteratorResult<string> {
+        if (this.index >= this.base.data.length) {
+            return {
+                done: true,
+                value: undefined
+            }
+        }
+        return {
+          done: this.index >= this.base.data.length,
+          value: this.base.data[this.index++]
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+function fooIterable(a:Iterable<string>){
+  let res = "";
+  for (let x of a) res += x;
+  arktest.assertEQ(res, "abc")
+}
+
+function main(): void {
+    fooIterable(new A())
+}