diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index dd6b3dd4aa..2ef06c0a82 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "consolidation/config": "^1.1.0",
     "consolidation/output-formatters": "^3.1.12",
     "consolidation/robo": "^1.1.5",
-    "consolidation/site-alias": "^1.1.1",
+    "consolidation/site-alias": "^1.1.2",
     "grasmash/yaml-expander": "^1.1.1",
     "league/container": "~2",
     "psr/log": "~1.0",
diff --git a/scenarios/isolation-phpunit4/composer.json b/scenarios/isolation-phpunit4/composer.json
index db9f5e7f39..75cb3d5396 100644
--- a/scenarios/isolation-phpunit4/composer.json
+++ b/scenarios/isolation-phpunit4/composer.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "php": ">=5.6.0",
     "ext-dom": "*",
     "consolidation/config": "^1.1.0",
-    "consolidation/site-alias": "^1.1.1",
+    "consolidation/site-alias": "^1.1.2",
     "psr/log": "~1.0",
     "sebastian/version": "^1|^2",
     "symfony/finder": "~2.7|^3",
diff --git a/scenarios/isolation/composer.json b/scenarios/isolation/composer.json
index 702bf5aa84..75221ed2c6 100644
--- a/scenarios/isolation/composer.json
+++ b/scenarios/isolation/composer.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "php": ">=5.6.0",
     "ext-dom": "*",
     "consolidation/config": "^1.1.0",
-    "consolidation/site-alias": "^1.1.1",
+    "consolidation/site-alias": "^1.1.2",
     "psr/log": "~1.0",
     "sebastian/version": "^1|^2",
     "symfony/finder": "~2.7|^3",
diff --git a/src/Commands/core/SiteCommands.php b/src/Commands/core/SiteCommands.php
index cde8468fc7..ec1d73d7c1 100644
--- a/src/Commands/core/SiteCommands.php
+++ b/src/Commands/core/SiteCommands.php
@@ -115,10 +115,11 @@ public function siteSet($site = '@none')
      */
     public function siteAlias($site = null, $options = ['format' => 'yaml'])
     {
-        // Check to see if the user provided a specification that matches
+        // First check to see if the user provided a specification that matches
         // multiple sites.
-        $aliasList = $this->siteAliasManager()->getMultiple($site);
-        if (is_array($aliasList)) {
+        list($locationPart, $sitePart) = $this->splitLocationFromSite($site);
+        $aliasList = $this->siteAliasManager()->getMultiple($sitePart, $locationPart);
+        if (is_array($aliasList) && !empty($aliasList)) {
             return new ListDataFromKeys($this->siteAliasExportList($aliasList, $options));
         }
 
@@ -135,6 +136,21 @@ public function siteAlias($site = null, $options = ['format' => 'yaml'])
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * splitLocationFromSite returns the location and the site if the
+     * site alias is in the form '@location.site'. Otherwise it just
+     * returns the site unchanged, without a location.
+     */
+    protected function splitLocationFromSite($site)
+    {
+        $parts = explode('.', ltrim($site, '@'));
+
+        if (count($parts) == 2) {
+            return [$parts[0], '@' . $parts[1]];
+        }
+        return [null, $site];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Convert legacy site alias files to the new yml format.
      *