diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 53ad34b..093504e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Bugfix use alias as link text if it's the lookup source (#42)
 - Bugfix HTML encode link titles (#40)
 - Bugfix broken dead-links lookup due to typo (#38)
 - Bugfix do not render embeds if the page linked doesn't exist (#35)
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 9baa6a0..385a80f 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type WikilinkMeta = {
 }
 
 interface PageDirectoryService {
-  findByLink(link : WikilinkMeta|LinkMeta): any;
+  findByLink(link : WikilinkMeta|LinkMeta): {page: any, found: boolean, foundByAlias: boolean};
   findByFile(file : any): any;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/find-page.js b/src/find-page.js
index 516f1e0..60fa9bc 100644
--- a/src/find-page.js
+++ b/src/find-page.js
@@ -8,26 +8,36 @@
  */
 const pageLookup = (allPages = [], slugifyFn) => {
   return {
-    findByLink: (link) => allPages.find((page) => {
-      if (link.href && (page.url === link.href || page.url === `${link.href}/`)) {
-        return true;
-      }
+    findByLink: (link) => {
+      let foundByAlias = false;
+      const page = allPages.find((page) => {
+        if (link.href && (page.url === link.href || page.url === `${link.href}/`)) {
+          return true;
+        }
 
-      // TODO: is there a need to slug the page title for comparison? We can match on link.name === page.data.title!
+        // TODO: is there a need to slug the page title for comparison? We can match on link.name === page.data.title!
 
-      if (page.fileSlug === link.slug || (page.data.title && slugifyFn(page.data.title) === link.slug)) {
-        return true;
-      }
+        if (page.fileSlug === link.slug || (page.data.title && slugifyFn(page.data.title) === link.slug)) {
+          return true;
+        }
 
-      // TODO: need a way to identify that wikilink is pointing to an alias, because the alias then becomes the link title
+        // TODO: need a way to identify that wikilink is pointing to an alias, because the alias then becomes the link title
 
-      const aliases = ((page.data.aliases && Array.isArray(page.data.aliases)) ? page.data.aliases : []).reduce(function (set, alias) {
-        set.add(slugifyFn(alias));
-        return set;
-      }, new Set());
+        const aliases = ((page.data.aliases && Array.isArray(page.data.aliases)) ? page.data.aliases : []).reduce(function (set, alias) {
+          set.add(alias);
+          return set;
+        }, new Set());
 
-      return aliases.has(link.slug);
-    }),
+        foundByAlias = aliases.has(link.name);
+        return foundByAlias;
+      });
+
+      return {
+        found: !!page,
+        page,
+        foundByAlias,
+      }
+    },
 
     findByFile: (file) => allPages.find((page) => page.url === file.page.url),
   }
diff --git a/src/html-link-parser.js b/src/html-link-parser.js
index 9c992d8..b312a7f 100644
--- a/src/html-link-parser.js
+++ b/src/html-link-parser.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = class HTMLLinkParser {
       isEmbed: false,
     };
 
-    if (!pageDirectory.findByLink(meta)) {
+    if (!pageDirectory.findByLink(meta).found) {
       this.deadLinks.add(link);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/interlinker.js b/src/interlinker.js
index 0111e2e..83d2d2a 100644
--- a/src/interlinker.js
+++ b/src/interlinker.js
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ module.exports = class Interlinker {
         ...this.HTMLLinkParser.find(pageContent, pageDirectory),
       ].map((link) => {
         // Lookup the page this link, links to and add this page to its backlinks
-        const page = pageDirectory.findByLink(link);
-        if (!page) return link;
+        const {page, found} = pageDirectory.findByLink(link);
+        if (!found) return link;
 
         if (!page.data.backlinks) {
           page.data.backlinks = [];
diff --git a/src/wikilink-parser.js b/src/wikilink-parser.js
index af27b07..de6453d 100644
--- a/src/wikilink-parser.js
+++ b/src/wikilink-parser.js
@@ -79,9 +79,13 @@ module.exports = class WikilinkParser {
     }
 
     // Lookup page data from 11ty's collection to obtain url and title if currently null
-    const page = pageDirectory.findByLink(meta);
+    const {page, foundByAlias} = pageDirectory.findByLink(meta);
     if (page) {
-      if (meta.title === null && page.data.title) meta.title = page.data.title;
+      if (foundByAlias) {
+        meta.title = meta.name;
+      } else if (meta.title === null && page.data.title) {
+        meta.title = page.data.title;
+      }
       meta.href = page.url;
       meta.path = page.inputPath;
       meta.exists = true;
diff --git a/tests/eleventy.test.js b/tests/eleventy.test.js
index 453e584..6702474 100644
--- a/tests/eleventy.test.js
+++ b/tests/eleventy.test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test("Sample small Website (wikilinks and regular links)", async t => {
 
   let results = await elev.toJSON();
 
-  t.is(results.length, 4);
+  t.is(results.length, 5);
 
   t.is(
     normalize(findResultByUrl(results, '/about/').content),
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ test("Sample small Website (htmlenteties)", async t => {
   );
 });
 
+test("Sample small Website (alias text used for link)", async t => {
+  let elev = new Eleventy(fixturePath('sample-small-website'), fixturePath('sample-small-website/_site'), {
+    configPath: fixturePath('sample-small-website/eleventy.config.js'),
+  });
+
+  let results = await elev.toJSON();
+
+  t.is(
+    normalize(findResultByUrl(results, '/aliased-link-to-lonelyjuly/').content),
+    `<div><p>This should link with the alias as text <a href="/lonelyjuly/">Aliased WikiLink</a>.</p></div><div></div>`
+  );
+});
+
 test.serial("Broken page (wikilinks and regular links)", async t => {
   const mock = sinon.stub(console, 'warn');
 
diff --git a/tests/find-page-service.test.js b/tests/find-page-service.test.js
index 54115da..7f2aedc 100644
--- a/tests/find-page-service.test.js
+++ b/tests/find-page-service.test.js
@@ -30,29 +30,33 @@ const pageDirectory = pageLookup([
 ], slugify);
 
 test('pageLookup (find by href)', t => {
-  t.is(pageDirectory.findByLink({href: '/something/else', isEmbed: false}).fileSlug, 'something-else');
+  const {page} = pageDirectory.findByLink({href: '/something/else', isEmbed: false});
+  t.is(page.fileSlug, 'something-else');
 });
 
 test('pageLookup (find by wikilink)', t => {
-  t.is(pageDirectory.findByLink({
+  const {page} = pageDirectory.findByLink({
     title: 'Hello World, Title',
     name: 'Hello World, Title',
     anchor: null,
     link: '[[Hello World, Title]]',
     slug: 'hello-world',
     isEmbed: false,
-  }).fileSlug, 'hello-world');
+  });
+
+  t.is(page.fileSlug, 'hello-world');
 });
 
 test('pageLookup (find by alias)', t => {
-  t.is(pageDirectory.findByLink({
+  const {page} = pageDirectory.findByLink({
     title: 'This is another page',
     name: 'test-alias',
     anchor: null,
     link: '[[test-alias]]',
     slug: 'test-alias',
     isEmbed: false,
-  }).fileSlug, 'something-else');
+  });
+  t.is(page.fileSlug, 'something-else');
 });
 
 // TODO: add testing when two pages share the same alias, what _should_ happen ?
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/sample-small-website/aliased-link-to-lonelyjuly.md b/tests/fixtures/sample-small-website/aliased-link-to-lonelyjuly.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b14fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/sample-small-website/aliased-link-to-lonelyjuly.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: Aliased Link to LonelyJuly
+layout: default.liquid
+---
+
+This should link with the alias as text [[Aliased WikiLink]].
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/sample-small-website/lonelyjuly.md b/tests/fixtures/sample-small-website/lonelyjuly.md
index 5cb8c71..ba21be5 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/sample-small-website/lonelyjuly.md
+++ b/tests/fixtures/sample-small-website/lonelyjuly.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: '>>LONELYJULY<<'
 aliases:
   - "LonelyJuly"
+  - "Aliased WikiLink"
 ---
 
 Lonely July Page