diff --git a/scripts/gnt-instance b/scripts/gnt-instance
index 73ed3241b565d19eec81fdb96d205b3f9676b545..13aaf61c29565261c28c28f3fbc40864b8e9b10b 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-instance
+++ b/scripts/gnt-instance
@@ -940,6 +940,8 @@ commands = {
 
 aliases = {
   'activate_block_devs': 'activate-disks',
+  'start': 'startup',
+  'stop': 'shutdown',
   }
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':