diff --git a/src/codegen/dialog.rs b/src/codegen/dialog.rs
index cc2556d..c3c7ea5 100644
--- a/src/codegen/dialog.rs
+++ b/src/codegen/dialog.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use super::State;
 use crate::util::{
-    FullTypePath, ResourceFuncKind, extract_arg_info, get_owned_type, get_return_type, make_path,
-    wit_func_name,
+    FullTypePath, ResourceFuncKind, constructor_resource_name, extract_arg_info, get_owned_type,
+    get_return_type, make_path, wit_func_name,
 };
 use quote::quote;
 use syn::{Signature, parse_quote, visit_mut::VisitMut};
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ impl State {
                 } else {
                     quote! { Vec::new() }
                 };
+                let (ret_name, read_ret) = match constructor_resource_name(resource, &kind) {
+                    Some(name) => (
+                        quote! { #name },
+                        quote! { MockedResource { name: #name.to_string(), ..Dialog::read_value(0) } },
+                    ),
+                    None => (
+                        quote! { <#ty as WitName>::name() },
+                        quote! { Dialog::read_value(0) },
+                    ),
+                };
                 parse_quote! {
                     #sig {
                         let mut __params: Vec<String> = #init_vec;
@@ -33,8 +43,8 @@ impl State {
                             __params.push(wasm_wave::to_string(&ToValue::to_value(&#arg_names)).unwrap());
                         )*
                         proxy::util::dialog::print(0, &format!("import: {}({})", #display_name, __params.join(", ")));
-                        proxy::util::dialog::print(0, &format!("return type: {}", <#ty as WitName>::name()));
-                        let ret = Dialog::read_value(0);
+                        proxy::util::dialog::print(0, &format!("return type: {}", #ret_name));
+                        let ret = #read_ret;
                         proxy::util::dialog::print(0, &format!("ret: {}", wasm_wave::to_string(&ToValue::to_value(&ret)).unwrap()));
                         ret
                     }
diff --git a/src/codegen/fuzz.rs b/src/codegen/fuzz.rs
index f0a9c60..28a2d5e 100644
--- a/src/codegen/fuzz.rs
+++ b/src/codegen/fuzz.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use super::State;
 use crate::util::{
-    FullTypePath, ResourceFuncKind, extract_arg_info, get_owned_type, get_return_type, make_path,
-    wit_func_name,
+    FullTypePath, ResourceFuncKind, constructor_resource_name, extract_arg_info, get_owned_type,
+    get_return_type, make_path, wit_func_name,
 };
 use quote::quote;
 use syn::{Signature, parse_quote, visit_mut::VisitMut};
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ impl State {
                 } else {
                     quote! { Vec::new() }
                 };
+                let gen_ret = match constructor_resource_name(resource, &kind) {
+                    Some(name) => {
+                        quote! { MockedResource { name: #name.to_string(), ..u.arbitrary().unwrap() } }
+                    }
+                    None => quote! { u.arbitrary().unwrap() },
+                };
                 parse_quote! {
                     #sig {
                         let mut __params: Vec<String> = #init_vec;
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ impl State {
                         proxy::util::debug::print(&format!("import: {}({})", #display_name, __buf));
                         __buf += #display_name;
                         let mut u = Unstructured::new(&__buf.as_bytes());
-                        let res = u.arbitrary().unwrap();
+                        let res = #gen_ret;
                         let res_str = wasm_wave::to_string(&ToValue::to_value(&res)).unwrap();
                         proxy::util::debug::print(&format!("ret: {}", res_str));
                         res
diff --git a/src/codegen/mod.rs b/src/codegen/mod.rs
index 80ef4ad..0ead336 100644
--- a/src/codegen/mod.rs
+++ b/src/codegen/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::util::{
     FullTypePath, get_resource_from_trait_name, get_return_type, make_path, toggle_wrapped_module,
 };
 use anyhow::Result;
-use heck::ToSnakeCase;
+use heck::ToKebabCase;
 use quote::quote;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ impl State {
     }
     /// The conversion interface refers to resources through type aliases, e.g.
     /// `WasiIoStreamsOutputStream = ...::wasi::io::streams::OutputStream`.
-    /// Returns the snake case name of the aliased resource, e.g. `output_stream`.
+    /// Returns the WIT name of the aliased resource, e.g. `output-stream`.
     fn resource_name(&self, alias: &Type) -> String {
         let Type::Path(alias) = alias else {
             unreachable!()
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ impl State {
             .unwrap()
             .ident
             .to_string()
-            .to_snake_case()
+            .to_kebab_case()
     }
     fn into_output_file(self) -> File {
         File {
diff --git a/src/codegen/replay.rs b/src/codegen/replay.rs
index 552b297..9212c9b 100644
--- a/src/codegen/replay.rs
+++ b/src/codegen/replay.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use super::State;
 use crate::util::{
-    FullTypePath, ResourceFuncKind, extract_arg_info, get_owned_type, get_return_type, make_path,
-    wit_func_name,
+    FullTypePath, ResourceFuncKind, constructor_resource_name, extract_arg_info, get_owned_type,
+    get_return_type, make_path, wit_func_name,
 };
 use quote::quote;
 use syn::{Signature, parse_quote, visit_mut::VisitMut};
@@ -21,10 +21,16 @@ impl State {
             let display_name = wit_func_name(module_path, resource, func_name, &kind);
             let ret_ty = get_return_type(&sig.output);
             let replay_import = if let Some(ret_ty) = ret_ty {
+                let to_rust = match constructor_resource_name(resource, &kind) {
+                    Some(name) => {
+                        quote! { MockedResource { name: #name.to_string(), ..ret.to_rust() } }
+                    }
+                    None => quote! { ret.to_rust() },
+                };
                 quote! {
                     let wave = proxy::recorder::replay::replay_import(Some(#display_name), Some(&args)).unwrap();
                     let ret: Value = wasm_wave::from_str(&<#ret_ty as ValueTyped>::value_type(), &wave).unwrap();
-                    ret.to_rust()
+                    #to_rust
                 }
             } else {
                 quote! {
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index b4bdd9d..2219ee4 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ pub fn wit_func_name(
     res.push_str(&func_name.to_string().to_kebab_case());
     res
 }
+/// In virtualized components, constructors return `Self`, i.e. `MockedResource`, so type-directed
+/// traits like `Dialog` or `Arbitrary` cannot recover the resource name. Returns the WIT name of
+/// the resource to patch into the `MockedResource`, if `kind` is a constructor.
+pub fn constructor_resource_name(
+    resource: &Option<String>,
+    kind: &Option<ResourceFuncKind>,
+) -> Option<String> {
+    match kind {
+        Some(ResourceFuncKind::Constructor) => Some(resource.as_ref()?.to_kebab_case()),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
 pub fn get_return_type(ret: &syn::ReturnType) -> Option<Type> {
     match ret {
         syn::ReturnType::Default => None,