diff --git a/pdns/dnsrecords.cc b/pdns/dnsrecords.cc
index e096be81ef7f..85ce9e471ef0 100644
--- a/pdns/dnsrecords.cc
+++ b/pdns/dnsrecords.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ void DNSResourceRecord::setContent(const string &cont) {
     case QType::MX:
       if (content.size() >= 2 && *(content.rbegin()+1) == ' ')
         return;
-      /* Falls through. */
+      [[fallthrough]];
+#if !defined(RECURSOR)
+    case QType::ALIAS:
+#endif
     case QType::CNAME:
     case QType::DNAME:
     case QType::NS:
@@ -64,6 +67,9 @@ string DNSResourceRecord::getZoneRepresentation(bool noDot) const {
       if (*(last.rbegin()) != '.' && !noDot)
         ret << ".";
       break;
+#if !defined(RECURSOR)
+    case QType::ALIAS:
+#endif
     case QType::CNAME:
     case QType::DNAME:
     case QType::NS:
diff --git a/pdns/pdnsutil.cc b/pdns/pdnsutil.cc
index 3a35755fd051..4ab130292ccf 100644
--- a/pdns/pdnsutil.cc
+++ b/pdns/pdnsutil.cc
@@ -1113,8 +1113,17 @@ static int listZone(const DNSName &zone) {
 
   while(di.backend->get(rr)) {
     if(rr.qtype.getCode() != 0) {
-      if ( (rr.qtype.getCode() == QType::NS || rr.qtype.getCode() == QType::SRV || rr.qtype.getCode() == QType::MX || rr.qtype.getCode() == QType::CNAME) && !rr.content.empty() && rr.content[rr.content.size()-1] != '.')
-	rr.content.append(1, '.');
+      switch (rr.qtype.getCode()) {
+      case QType::ALIAS:
+      case QType::CNAME:
+      case QType::MX:
+      case QType::NS:
+      case QType::SRV:
+        if (!rr.content.empty() && rr.content[rr.content.size()-1] != '.') {
+          rr.content.append(1, '.');
+        }
+        break;
+      }
 
       cout<<rr.qname<<"\t"<<rr.ttl<<"\tIN\t"<<rr.qtype.toString()<<"\t"<<rr.content<<"\n";
     }
diff --git a/pdns/zoneparser-tng.cc b/pdns/zoneparser-tng.cc
index 1ab6c7119aaa..41bd5e5683c8 100644
--- a/pdns/zoneparser-tng.cc
+++ b/pdns/zoneparser-tng.cc
@@ -607,7 +607,9 @@ bool ZoneParserTNG::get(DNSResourceRecord& rr, std::string* comment)
     }
     break;
 
-
+#if !defined(RECURSOR)
+  case QType::ALIAS:
+#endif
   case QType::NS:
   case QType::CNAME:
   case QType::DNAME:
diff --git a/regression-tests.nobackend/lmdb-schema-upgrade/expected_result b/regression-tests.nobackend/lmdb-schema-upgrade/expected_result
index 43243ccbb6c5..8f71281b3dd1 100644
--- a/regression-tests.nobackend/lmdb-schema-upgrade/expected_result
+++ b/regression-tests.nobackend/lmdb-schema-upgrade/expected_result
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ external.example.com	120	IN	CNAME	somewhere.else.net.
 external-mail.example.com	120	IN	MX	25 server1.test.com.
 france.example.com	120	IN	NS	ns1.otherprovider.net.
 france.example.com	120	IN	NS	ns2.otherprovider.net.
-google-alias.example.com	120	IN	ALIAS	google-public-dns-a.google.com
+google-alias.example.com	120	IN	ALIAS	google-public-dns-a.google.com.
 hightype.example.com	120	IN	A	192.168.1.5
 hightype.example.com	120	IN	TYPE65534	\# 5 07ed260001
 host-0.example.com	120	IN	A	192.168.1.0
@@ -20338,7 +20338,7 @@ external.example.com	120	IN	CNAME	somewhere.else.net.
 external-mail.example.com	120	IN	MX	25 server1.test.com.
 france.example.com	120	IN	NS	ns1.otherprovider.net.
 france.example.com	120	IN	NS	ns2.otherprovider.net.
-google-alias.example.com	120	IN	ALIAS	google-public-dns-a.google.com
+google-alias.example.com	120	IN	ALIAS	google-public-dns-a.google.com.
 hightype.example.com	120	IN	A	192.168.1.5
 hightype.example.com	120	IN	TYPE65534	\# 5 07ed260001
 host-0.example.com	120	IN	A	192.168.1.0