diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14db60d..5d64d1b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Fixed
 - Compatibility with Lumen [\#1043 / mfn](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/pull/1043)
 - Allow model_locations to have glob patterns [\#1059 / saackearl](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/pull/1059)
+- Error when generating helper for macroable classes which are not facades and contain a "fake" method [\#1066 / domkrm] (https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/pull/1066)
 
 2020-09-07, 2.8.1
 -----------------
diff --git a/src/Alias.php b/src/Alias.php
index 4ad4e87..7b834f5 100644
--- a/src/Alias.php
+++ b/src/Alias.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Serializer as DocBlockSerializer;
 use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag\MethodTag;
 use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Config\Repository as ConfigRepository;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;
 use ReflectionClass;
 
 class Alias
@@ -202,6 +203,10 @@ class Alias
     {
         $facade = $this->facade;
 
+        if (!is_subclass_of($facade, Facade::class)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (!method_exists($facade, 'fake')) {
             return;
         }