diff --git a/mypy/checker.py b/mypy/checker.py
index ca3e46b4e158..bea8813c1984 100644
--- a/mypy/checker.py
+++ b/mypy/checker.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 from mypy.sametypes import is_same_type
 from mypy.messages import (
     MessageBuilder, make_inferred_type_note, append_invariance_notes, pretty_seq,
-    format_type, format_type_bare, format_type_distinctly, SUGGESTED_TEST_FIXTURES
+    format_type, format_type_bare, format_type_distinctly, SUGGESTED_TEST_FIXTURES,
+    temp_message_builder
 )
 import mypy.checkexpr
 from mypy.checkmember import (
@@ -3499,20 +3500,40 @@ def analyze_iterable_item_type(self, expr: Expression) -> Tuple[Type, Type]:
         """Analyse iterable expression and return iterator and iterator item types."""
         echk = self.expr_checker
         iterable = get_proper_type(echk.accept(expr))
-        iterator = echk.check_method_call_by_name('__iter__', iterable, [], [], expr)[0]
+        iter_msg_builder = self.msg.clean_copy()
+        iterator = echk.check_method_call_by_name(
+            '__iter__', iterable, [], [], expr, iter_msg_builder)[0]
 
         if isinstance(iterable, TupleType):
             joined = UninhabitedType()  # type: Type
             for item in iterable.items:
                 joined = join_types(joined, item)
             return iterator, joined
+
+        if iter_msg_builder.is_errors():
+            # We couldn't find __iter__ so let's try __getitem__
+            getitem_msg_builder = temp_message_builder()
+            arg = self.temp_node(self.named_type("builtins.int"), expr)
+            getitem_type = echk.check_method_call_by_name(
+                '__getitem__',
+                iterable,
+                [arg],
+                [nodes.ARG_POS],
+                expr,
+                getitem_msg_builder
+                )[0]
+
+            if not getitem_msg_builder.is_errors():
+                # We found __getitem__
+                return self.named_generic_type("typing.Iterator", [getitem_type]), getitem_type
+
+            self.msg.add_errors(iter_msg_builder)
+        # Non-tuple iterable.
+        if self.options.python_version[0] >= 3:
+            nextmethod = '__next__'
         else:
-            # Non-tuple iterable.
-            if self.options.python_version[0] >= 3:
-                nextmethod = '__next__'
-            else:
-                nextmethod = 'next'
-            return iterator, echk.check_method_call_by_name(nextmethod, iterator, [], [], expr)[0]
+            nextmethod = 'next'
+        return iterator, echk.check_method_call_by_name(nextmethod, iterator, [], [], expr)[0]
 
     def analyze_container_item_type(self, typ: Type) -> Optional[Type]:
         """Check if a type is a nominal container of a union of such.
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-protocols.test b/test-data/unit/check-protocols.test
index f13d2bc597da..f446f2a9a048 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-protocols.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-protocols.test
@@ -1940,6 +1940,17 @@ reveal_type(list(c for c in C))  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.list[__main__.C
 reveal_type(list(C))  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.list[__main__.C*]"
 [builtins fixtures/list.pyi]
 
+[case testIterableGetItemOnClass]
+class A:
+    def __getitem__(self, x: int) -> int: pass
+
+class B:
+    def __getitem__(self, x: str) -> str: pass
+
+reveal_type(list(a for a in A()))  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.list[builtins.int*]"
+list(b for b in B())  # E: "B" has no attribute "__iter__" (not iterable)
+[builtins fixtures/list.pyi]
+
 [case testClassesGetattrWithProtocols]
 from typing import Protocol