diff --git a/doc/fixes37.0 b/doc/fixes37.0
index 31b7b55ee..102e6fb53 100644
--- a/doc/fixes37.0
+++ b/doc/fixes37.0
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ wish parsing of things containing monster names would accept all supported
 	alternate spellings if they occurred at the end ("corpse of mumakil")
 	but only some when they occurred elsewhere ("gray-elf corpse" worked,
 	"mumakil corpse" yielded "does not exist") depending upon name length
+couldn't wish for werecreature corpse or tin because monster name lookup
+	always matched the beast form which is flagged no-corpse; switch to
+	human form for "were<creature>"
+wishing for werecreature figurine always made one that created the monster in
+	beast form if activated; allow "human were<creature>" to explicitly
+	specify werecreature's human form (for corpses and tins as well as
+	figurines); override the restriction against human figurines for that
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/mondata.c b/src/mondata.c
index 76b92e8bd..c29317550 100644
--- a/src/mondata.c
+++ b/src/mondata.c
@@ -770,6 +770,15 @@ const char **remainder_p;
             { "woodland nymph", PM_WOOD_NYMPH },
             { "halfling", PM_HOBBIT },    /* potential guess for polyself */
             { "genie", PM_DJINNI }, /* potential guess for ^G/#wizgenesis */
+            /* prefix used to workaround duplicate monster names for
+               monsters with alternate forms */
+            { "human wererat", PM_HUMAN_WERERAT },
+            { "human werejackal", PM_HUMAN_WEREJACKAL },
+            { "human werewolf", PM_HUMAN_WEREWOLF },
+            /* for completeness */
+            { "rat wererat", PM_WERERAT },
+            { "jackal werejackal", PM_WEREJACKAL },
+            { "wolf werewolf", PM_WEREWOLF },
             /* Hyphenated names -- it would be nice to handle these via
                fuzzymatch() but it isn't able to ignore trailing stuff */
             { "ki rin", PM_KI_RIN },
diff --git a/src/objnam.c b/src/objnam.c
index bd89a89ec..c3d19381e 100644
--- a/src/objnam.c
+++ b/src/objnam.c
@@ -4116,8 +4116,17 @@ struct obj *no_wish;
 
     /* set otmp->corpsenm or dragon scale [mail] */
     if (mntmp >= LOW_PM) {
+        int humanwere;
+
         if (mntmp == PM_LONG_WORM_TAIL)
             mntmp = PM_LONG_WORM;
+        /* werecreatures in beast form are all flagged no-corpse so for
+           corpses and tins, switch to their corresponding human form;
+           for figurines, override the can't-be-human restriction instead */
+        if (typ != FIGURINE && is_were(&mons[mntmp])
+            && (g.mvitals[mntmp].mvflags & G_NOCORPSE) != 0
+            && (humanwere = counter_were(mntmp)) != NON_PM)
+            mntmp = humanwere;
 
         switch (typ) {
         case TIN:
@@ -4144,7 +4153,8 @@ struct obj *no_wish;
             set_corpsenm(otmp, mntmp);
             break;
         case FIGURINE:
-            if (!(mons[mntmp].geno & G_UNIQ) && !is_human(&mons[mntmp])
+            if (!(mons[mntmp].geno & G_UNIQ)
+                && (!is_human(&mons[mntmp]) || is_were(&mons[mntmp]))
 #ifdef MAIL_STRUCTURES
                 && mntmp != PM_MAIL_DAEMON
 #endif