diff --git a/etc/inc/interfaces.inc b/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
index f560b3895..97ef51783 100644
--- a/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
@@ -2150,20 +2150,30 @@ function interfaces_vips_configure($interface = "") {
 function interface_ipalias_configure(&$vip) {
 	global $config;
 
-	if ($vip['mode'] != "ipalias")
+	if ($vip['mode'] != 'ipalias')
 		return;
 
-	if ($vip['interface'] != 'lo0' && !isset($config['interfaces'][$vip['interface']]))
-		return;
+	if ($vip['interface'] != 'lo0' && stripos($vip['interface'], '_vip') === false) {
+		if (!isset($config['interfaces'][$vip['interface']]))
+			return;
 
-	if ($vip['interface'] != 'lo0' && !isset($config['interfaces'][$vip['interface']]['enable']))
-		return;
+		if (!isset($config['interfaces'][$vip['interface']]['enable']))
+			return;
+	}
 
-	$if = get_real_interface($vip['interface']);
-	$af = "inet";
+	$af = 'inet';
 	if(is_ipaddrv6($vip['subnet']))
-		$af = "inet6";
-	mwexec("/sbin/ifconfig " . escapeshellarg($if) ." {$af} ". escapeshellarg($vip['subnet']) ."/" . escapeshellarg($vip['subnet_bits']) . " alias");
+		$af = 'inet6';
+	$iface = $vip['interface'];
+	$vipadd = '';
+	if (stripos($vip['interface'], '_vip')) {
+		$carpvip = get_configured_carp_interface_list($vip['interface'], $af, 'vip');
+		$iface = $carpvip['interface'];
+		$vipadd = "vhid {$carpvip['vhid']}";
+	}
+	$if = get_real_interface($vip['interface']);
+	mwexec("/sbin/ifconfig " . escapeshellarg($if) ." {$af} ". escapeshellarg($vip['subnet']) ."/" . escapeshellarg($vip['subnet_bits']) . " alias {$vipadd}");
+	unset($iface, $af, $if, $carpvip, $vipadd);
 }
 
 function interface_reload_carps($cif) {
diff --git a/etc/inc/util.inc b/etc/inc/util.inc
index e15cdd782..c64a5ed50 100644
--- a/etc/inc/util.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/util.inc
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ function is_inrange($test, $start, $end) {
 }
 
 /* XXX: return the configured carp interface list */
-function get_configured_carp_interface_list($carpinterface = "", $family = "inet") {
+function get_configured_carp_interface_list($carpinterface = '', $family = 'inet', $what = 'ip') {
 	global $config;
 
 	$iflist = array();
@@ -838,10 +838,33 @@ function get_configured_carp_interface_list($carpinterface = "", $family = "inet
 			case "carp":
 				if (!empty($carpinterface)) {
 					if ($carpinterface == "{$vip['interface']}_vip{$vip['vhid']}") {
-						if ($family == "inet" && is_ipaddrv4($vip['subnet']))
-							return $vip['subnet'];
-						else if ($family == "inet6" && is_ipaddrv6($vip['subnet']))
-							return $vip['subnet'];
+						switch ($what) {
+						case 'subnet':
+							if ($family == 'inet' && is_ipaddrv4($vip['subnet']))
+								return "{$vip['subnet']}/{$vip['subnet_bits']}";
+							else if ($family == 'inet6' && is_ipaddrv6($vip['subnet']))
+								return "{$vip['subnet']}/{$vip['subnet_bits']}";
+							break;
+						case 'iface':
+							if ($family == 'inet' && is_ipaddrv4($vip['subnet']))
+								return $vip['interface'];
+							else if ($family == 'inet6' && is_ipaddrv6($vip['subnet']))
+								return $vip['interface'];
+							break;
+						case 'vip':
+							if ($family == 'inet' && is_ipaddrv4($vip['subnet']))
+								return $vip;
+							else if ($family == 'inet6' && is_ipaddrv6($vip['subnet']))
+								return $vip;
+							break;
+						case 'ip':
+						default:
+							if ($family == 'inet' && is_ipaddrv4($vip['subnet']))
+								return $vip['subnet'];
+							else if ($family == 'inet6' && is_ipaddrv6($vip['subnet']))
+								return $vip['subnet'];
+							break;
+						}
 					}
 				} else {
 					$iflist["{$vip['interface']}_vip{$vip['vhid']}"] = $vip['subnet'];