diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb b/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
index 22a0ef1..6ceb5c3 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ module Vmpooler
         running = backend.scard('vmpooler__running__' + pool['name']).to_i
         pending = backend.scard('vmpooler__pending__' + pool['name']).to_i
         max     = pool['size']
+        aka     = pool['alias']
 
         result[:pools][pool['name']] = {
           ready:   ready,
@@ -207,6 +208,10 @@ module Vmpooler
           max:     max
         }
 
+        if aka
+          result[:pools][pool['name']][:alias] = aka
+        end
+
         # for backwards compatibility, include separate "empty" stats in "status" block
         if ready == 0
           result[:status][:empty] ||= []
diff --git a/spec/integration/api/v1/status_spec.rb b/spec/integration/api/v1/status_spec.rb
index 6abe942..96b54f1 100644
--- a/spec/integration/api/v1/status_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/api/v1/status_spec.rb
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V1 do
           'vm_lifetime_auth' => 2,
         },
         pools: [
-          {'name' => 'pool1', 'size' => 5},
-          {'name' => 'pool2', 'size' => 10}
-        ],
-        alias: { 'poolone' => 'pool1' },
+          {'name' => 'pool1', 'size' => 5, 'alias' => ['poolone', 'poolun']},
+          {'name' => 'pool2', 'size' => 10},
+          {'name' => 'pool3', 'size' => 10, 'alias' => 'NotArray'}
+        ]
       }
     }
 
@@ -98,13 +98,24 @@ describe Vmpooler::API::V1 do
         expect(result["pools"]["pool2"]["pending"]).to be(4)
       end
 
+      it 'returns aliases if configured in the pool' do
+        get "#{prefix}/status/"
+
+        # of course /status doesn't conform to the weird standard everything else uses...
+        expect(last_response.header['Content-Type']).to eq('application/json')
+        result = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
+        expect(result["pools"]["pool1"]["alias"]).to eq(['poolone', 'poolun'])
+        expect(result["pools"]["pool2"]["alias"]).to be(nil)
+        expect(result["pools"]["pool3"]["alias"]).to eq('NotArray')
+      end
+
       it '(for v1 backwards compatibility) lists any empty pools in the status section' do
         get "#{prefix}/status/"
 
         # of course /status doesn't conform to the weird standard everything else uses...
         expect(last_response.header['Content-Type']).to eq('application/json')
         result = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
-        expect(result["status"]["empty"].sort).to eq(["pool1", "pool2"])
+        expect(result["status"]["empty"].sort).to eq(["pool1", "pool2", "pool3"])
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/vmpooler.yaml.aliasedpools b/vmpooler.yaml.aliasedpools
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcc604f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmpooler.yaml.aliasedpools
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+---
+:providers:
+  :dummy:
+    filename: '/tmp/dummy-backing.yaml'
+
+:redis:
+  server: 'localhost'
+
+:auth:
+  provider: 'dummy'
+
+:tagfilter:
+  url: '(.*)\/'
+
+:config:
+  site_name: 'vmpooler'
+  logfile: '/Users/samuel/workspace/vmpooler/vmpooler.log'
+  task_limit: 10
+  timeout: 15
+  vm_checktime: 15
+  vm_lifetime: 12
+  vm_lifetime_auth: 24
+  allowed_tags:
+    - 'created_by'
+    - 'project'
+  domain: 'company.com'
+  prefix: 'poolvm-'
+
+:pools:
+  - name: 'debian-7-i386'
+    alias: [ 'debian-7-32' ]
+    template: 'Templates/debian-7-i386'
+    folder: 'Pooled VMs/debian-7-i386'
+    datastore: 'vmstorage'
+    size: 5
+    timeout: 15
+    ready_ttl: 1440
+    provider: dummy
+  - name: 'debian-7-i386-stringalias'
+    alias: 'debian-7-32-stringalias'
+    template: 'Templates/debian-7-i386'
+    folder: 'Pooled VMs/debian-7-i386'
+    datastore: 'vmstorage'
+    size: 5
+    timeout: 15
+    ready_ttl: 1440
+    provider: dummy
+  - name: 'debian-7-x86_64'
+    alias: [ 'debian-7-64', 'debian-7-amd64' ]
+    template: 'Templates/debian-7-x86_64'
+    folder: 'Pooled VMs/debian-7-x86_64'
+    datastore: 'vmstorage'
+    size: 5
+    timeout: 15
+    ready_ttl: 1440
+    provider: dummy
+  - name: 'debian-7-i386-noalias'
+    template: 'Templates/debian-7-i386'
+    folder: 'Pooled VMs/debian-7-i386'
+    datastore: 'vmstorage'
+    size: 5
+    timeout: 15
+    ready_ttl: 1440
+    provider: dummy
+  - name: 'debian-7-x86_64-alias-otherpool-extended'
+    alias: [ 'debian-7-x86_64' ]
+    template: 'Templates/debian-7-x86_64'
+    folder: 'Other Pooled VMs/debian-7-x86_64'
+    datastore: 'other-vmstorage'
+    size: 5
+    timeout: 15
+    ready_ttl: 1440
+    provider: dummy
+