diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b0990f83c817ac720e3bd7c1ac89dfc8ed59a1d5..95733e0107fd76805235c7b87ccb622512487859 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -769,7 +769,9 @@ $(PYTHON_BOOTSTRAP): Makefile | $(all_dirfiles)
 	  echo '# Temporarily alias commands until bash completion'; \
 	  echo '# generator is changed'; \
 	  echo 'if hasattr(main, "commands"):'; \
-		echo '  commands = main.commands # pylint: disable-msg=E1101'; \
+	  echo '  commands = main.commands # pylint: disable-msg=E1101'; \
+	  echo 'if hasattr(main, "aliases"):'; \
+	  echo '  aliases = main.aliases # pylint: disable-msg=E1101'; \
 	  echo; \
 	  echo 'if __name__ == "__main__":'; \
 	  echo '  sys.exit(main.Main())'; \