diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index e53ff2f99..bac56349b 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ class Post < ApplicationRecord
       tags = tags.to_s
       tags += " rating:s" if CurrentUser.safe_mode?
       tags += " -status:deleted" if CurrentUser.hide_deleted_posts? && !Tag.has_metatag?(tags, "status", "-status")
-      tags = Tag.normalize_query(tags, normalize_aliases: false)
+      tags = Tag.normalize_query(tags)
 
       # optimize some cases. these are just estimates but at these
       # quantities being off by a few hundred doesn't matter much
diff --git a/test/unit/post_test.rb b/test/unit/post_test.rb
index 061ab978d..b118e7de2 100644
--- a/test/unit/post_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/post_test.rb
@@ -2550,6 +2550,12 @@ class PostTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         end
       end
 
+      context "an aliased tag" do
+        should "return the count of the consequent tag" do
+          assert_equal(Post.fast_count("aaa"), Post.fast_count("alias"))
+        end
+      end
+
       context "a single metatag" do
         should "return the correct cached count" do
           FactoryBot.build(:tag, name: "score:42", post_count: -100).save(validate: false)
diff --git a/test/unit/related_tag_calculator_test.rb b/test/unit/related_tag_calculator_test.rb
index 58f3071dc..7ebc05f72 100644
--- a/test/unit/related_tag_calculator_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/related_tag_calculator_test.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ class RelatedTagCalculatorTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         assert_equal(%w[1girl 1boy solo], RelatedTagCalculator.similar_tags_for_search("rating:q").pluck(:name))
         assert_equal(%w[solo 1girl], RelatedTagCalculator.similar_tags_for_search("solo").pluck(:name))
       end
+
+      should "calculate the similar tags for an aliased tag" do
+        create(:tag_alias, antecedent_name: "rabbit", consequent_name: "bunny")
+        create(:post, tag_string: "bunny dog")
+        create(:post, tag_string: "bunny cat")
+
+        assert_equal(%w[bunny cat dog], RelatedTagCalculator.similar_tags_for_search("rabbit").pluck(:name))
+      end
     end
   end
 end