@@ -834,10 +834,15 @@ def aimport(self, parameter_s="", stream=None):
                     _module = _module[1:].strip()
                     self._reloader.mark_module_skipped(_module)
                 else:
-                    top_module, top_name = self._reloader.aimport_module(_module)
+                    if " as " in _module:
+                        real_name, alias = [_.strip() for _ in _module.split(" as ")]
+                    else:
+                        real_name, alias = _module, None
+                        
+                    top_module, top_name = self._reloader.aimport_module(real_name)
 
                     # Inject module to user namespace
-                    self.shell.push({top_name: top_module})
+                    self.shell.push({alias if alias else top_name: top_module})
 
     def pre_run_cell(self, info):
         # Store the execution info for later use in post_execute_hook
 
@@ -624,6 +624,17 @@ def test_aimport_parsing(autoreload_fixture):
     assert "os" not in module_reloader.modules.keys()
 
 
+def test_aimport_as(autoreload_fixture):
+    # `%aimport module as alias` should import under the alias name.
+    module_reloader = autoreload_fixture.shell.auto_magics._reloader
+    autoreload_fixture.shell.magic_aimport("os as o")
+    assert module_reloader.modules["os"] is True
+    assert "o" in autoreload_fixture.shell.ns
+    assert "os" not in autoreload_fixture.shell.ns
+    import os
+    assert autoreload_fixture.shell.ns["o"] is os
+
+
 def test_autoreload_output(autoreload_fixture):
     import logging
     import logging.handlers