diff --git a/dbLoadTemplate b/dbLoadTemplate
index fa034c4..8ab8245 100755
--- a/dbLoadTemplate
+++ b/dbLoadTemplate
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
 
-# $Header: /cvs/G/EPICS/App/scripts/dbLoadTemplate,v 1.6 2013/02/26 13:35:32 zimoch Exp $
+# $Header: /cvs/G/EPICS/App/scripts/dbLoadTemplate,v 1.7 2013/02/26 14:35:08 zimoch Exp $
 
 use strict;
 
@@ -67,26 +67,44 @@ sub expect {
 }
 
 sub handleRecord;
+sub handleAlias;
 
 sub parseRecord {
-    eval { expect "g?record 'record' or 'grecord'" };
+    eval { expect "g?record|alias 'record' or 'grecord' or 'alias'" };
     # print STDERR "parseRecord $ARGV line $.\n";
     if ($@) {
         $@ =~ /end of file/ or die $@;
         return 0;
     }
+    if ($_ eq "alias") {
+        my $name = expect "(", "$STRING quoted record name";
+        my $alias = expect ",", "$STRING quoted alias name";
+        expect ")";
+        handleAlias $name, $alias;
+        return 1;
+    }
+    
     my $rtype = expect "(", "$WORD record type";
     my $name = expect ",", "$STRING quoted record name";
     expect ")", "{";
     my @fields;
+    my @aliases;
     while (1) {
-        expect "field|} 'field'";
+        expect "field|alias|} 'field or alias'";
+        if ($_ eq "alias") {
+            push @aliases, expect "(", "$STRING quoted alias name";
+            expect ")";
+            next;
+        }
         last if $_ eq "}";
         push @fields, expect "(", "$WORD field name";
         push @fields, expect ",", "$STRING quoted field value";
         expect ")";
     } 
     handleRecord $rtype,$name,@fields;
+    while (@aliases) {
+        handleAlias $name, shift @aliases;
+    }
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -186,4 +204,10 @@ sub handleRecord {
     print "}\n";
 }
 
+sub handleAlias {
+    my $rname = shift;
+    my $alias = shift;
+    print "alias(\"$rname\",\"$alias\")\n";
+}
+
 parseFiles @ARGV