diff --git a/compiler/sigmatch.nim b/compiler/sigmatch.nim
index bf9c2d2050..994a2a6bc2 100644
--- a/compiler/sigmatch.nim
+++ b/compiler/sigmatch.nim
@@ -1754,6 +1754,19 @@ proc typeRel(c: var TCandidate, f, aOrig: PType,
     considerPreviousT:
       if a == f or a.kind == tyGenericInst and a.skipGenericAlias[0] == f:
         bindingRet isGeneric
+      var depth = -1
+      # Generic constraints like `F: Future` reach sigmatch as a `tyGenericBody`.
+      # Accept descendants of the generic family here as well, not just direct
+      # `Future[...]` instantiations.
+      if isGenericSubtype(c, a, f, depth, f):
+        if depth > 0:
+          var askip = skippedNone
+          let aobj = a.skipToObject(askip)
+          if aobj != nil and tfFinal notin aobj.flags:
+            # Keep overload ranking consistent with other inheritance-based
+            # matches: deeper descendants are slightly worse candidates.
+            inc c.inheritancePenalty, depth + int(c.inheritancePenalty < 0)
+        bindingRet(if depth == 0: isGeneric else: isSubtype)
       let ff = last(f)
       if ff != nil:
         result = typeRel(c, ff, a, flags)
diff --git a/tests/typerel/t8905.nim b/tests/typerel/t8905.nim
index 9383962cf6..01ade68d0a 100644
--- a/tests/typerel/t8905.nim
+++ b/tests/typerel/t8905.nim
@@ -5,3 +5,31 @@ type
 proc newFoo[T](): Foo[T] = Foo[T](newSeq[T]())
 
 var x = newFoo[Bar[int]]()
+
+# issue #22936
+
+import std/macros
+
+type
+  InternalFutureBase = object of RootObj
+
+  FutureBase = ref object of InternalFutureBase
+
+  Future[T] = ref object of FutureBase
+    internalValue: T
+
+  B[T, E] = ref object of Future[T]
+
+proc take[F: Future](fut: F) = discard
+
+proc takeMany[F: Future](futs: seq[F]) = discard
+
+macro checkFutures[F: Future](futs: seq[F]): untyped =
+  newEmptyNode()
+
+var future: B[void, void]
+var futures: seq[B[void, void]]
+
+take(future)
+takeMany(futures)
+checkFutures(futures)