diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/DataTypeDefinition.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/DataTypeDefinition.cs
index a0aff986f53e..130a2f1a2dad 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/DataTypeDefinition.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/DataTypeDefinition.cs
@@ -135,11 +135,16 @@ public XmlElement ToXml(XmlDocument xd)
             XmlElement prevalues = xd.CreateElement("PreValues");
             foreach (DictionaryEntry item in PreValues.GetPreValues(this.Id))
             {
-                XmlElement prevalue = xd.CreateElement("PreValue");
-                prevalue.Attributes.Append(xmlHelper.addAttribute(xd, "Id", ((PreValue)item.Value).Id.ToString()));
-                prevalue.Attributes.Append(xmlHelper.addAttribute(xd, "Value", ((PreValue)item.Value).Value));
+                var prevalue = (PreValue)item.Value;
+                var element = xd.CreateElement("PreValue");
+                element.Attributes.Append(xmlHelper.addAttribute(xd, "Id", prevalue.Id.ToString()));
 
-                prevalues.AppendChild(prevalue);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(prevalue.Alias))
+                    element.Attributes.Append(xmlHelper.addAttribute(xd, "Alias", prevalue.Alias));
+
+                element.Attributes.Append(xmlHelper.addAttribute(xd, "Value", prevalue.Value));
+
+                prevalues.AppendChild(element);
             }
 
             dt.AppendChild(prevalues);
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/PreValue.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/PreValue.cs
index 94c92627c3ec..1746f21b4d01 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/PreValue.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/PreValue.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ public PreValue(int Id, int SortOrder, string Value)
             _value = Value;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PreValue"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="Id">The unique identifier.</param>
+        /// <param name="SortOrder">The sort order.</param>
+        /// <param name="Value">The value.</param>
+        /// <param name="Alias">The alias.</param>
+        public PreValue(int Id, int SortOrder, string Value, string Alias)
+        {
+            _id = Id;
+            _sortOrder = SortOrder;
+            _value = Value;
+            _alias = Alias;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PreValue"/> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -92,7 +107,8 @@ public static PreValue MakeNew(int dataTypeDefId, string value)
         private int _dataTypeId;
         private int? _id;
         private string _value;
-        private int _sortOrder; 
+        private int _sortOrder;
+        private string _alias;
         #endregion
 
         #region Public properties
@@ -134,7 +150,23 @@ public int SortOrder
         {
             get { return _sortOrder; }
             set { _sortOrder = value; }
-        } 
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the alias.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The alias.</value>
+        public string Alias
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_alias == null)
+                    _alias = string.Empty;
+
+                return _alias;
+            }
+            set { _alias = value; }
+        }
         #endregion
 
         #region Public methods
@@ -195,12 +227,13 @@ public void Save()
         private void initialize()
         {
             IRecordsReader dr = SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(
-                 "Select id, sortorder, [value] from cmsDataTypePreValues where id = @id order by sortorder",
+                 "SELECT id, sortorder, [value], alias FROM cmsDataTypePreValues WHERE id = @id ORDER BY sortorder",
                  SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@id", Id));
             if (dr.Read())
             {
                 _sortOrder = dr.GetInt("sortorder");
                 _value = dr.GetString("value");
+                _alias = dr.GetString("alias");
             }
             dr.Close();
         } 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/PreValues.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/PreValues.cs
index 02a3cdd92ead..5ac82305a180 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/PreValues.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/datatype/PreValues.cs
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ public static SortedList GetPreValues(int DataTypeId)
         {
             SortedList retval = new SortedList();
             IRecordsReader dr = SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(
-                "Select id, sortorder, [value] from cmsDataTypePreValues where DataTypeNodeId = @dataTypeId order by sortorder",
+                "SELECT id, sortorder, [value], alias FROM cmsDataTypePreValues WHERE DataTypeNodeId = @dataTypeId ORDER BY sortorder",
                 SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@dataTypeId", DataTypeId));
 
             int counter = 0;
             while (dr.Read())
             {
-                retval.Add(counter, new PreValue(dr.GetInt("id"), dr.GetInt("sortorder"), dr.GetString("value")));
+                retval.Add(counter, new PreValue(dr.GetInt("id"), dr.GetInt("sortorder"), dr.GetString("value"), dr.GetString("alias")));
                 counter++;
             }
             dr.Close();