diff --git a/daemon/irc_announce.c b/daemon/irc_announce.c
index 6bd182c1d..cc7e07293 100644
--- a/daemon/irc_announce.c
+++ b/daemon/irc_announce.c
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ static void handle_node_announcement(
 	struct pubkey *pk = talz(msg, struct pubkey);
 	char *hostname = tal_strdup(msg, splits[2]);
 	int port = atoi(splits[3]);
-
 	if (!pubkey_from_hexstr(istate->dstate->secpctx, splits[1], strlen(splits[1]), pk) || port < 1)
 		return;
 
@@ -185,9 +184,16 @@ static void handle_node_announcement(
 		log_debug(istate->log, "Ignoring node announcement from %s, signature check failed.",
 			  splits[1]);
 		return;
+	} else if(splits[4] != NULL && strlen(splits[4]) > 64) {
+		log_debug(istate->log, "Ignoring node announcement from %s, alias too long",
+			splits[1]);
 	}
 
-	add_node(istate->dstate, pk, hostname, port);
+	struct node *node = add_node(istate->dstate, pk, hostname, port);
+	if (splits[4] != NULL){
+		tal_free(node->alias);
+		node->alias = tal_hexdata(node, splits[5], strlen(splits[4]));
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ static void handle_irc_privmsg(struct ircstate *istate, const struct privmsg *ms
 
 	if (splitcount == 10 && streq(type, "CHAN"))
 		handle_channel_announcement(istate, msg, splits + 1);
-	else if (splitcount == 5 && streq(type, "NODE"))
+	else if (splitcount >= 5 && streq(type, "NODE"))
 		handle_node_announcement(istate, msg, splits + 1);
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/routing.c b/daemon/routing.c
index 6c1c60730..0b42f9039 100644
--- a/daemon/routing.c
+++ b/daemon/routing.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct node *new_node(struct lightningd_state *dstate,
 	n->in = tal_arr(n, struct node_connection *, 0);
 	n->out = tal_arr(n, struct node_connection *, 0);
 	n->port = 0;
+	n->alias = NULL;
 	node_map_add(dstate->nodes, n);
 	tal_add_destructor(n, destroy_node);
 
diff --git a/daemon/routing.h b/daemon/routing.h
index 5430c47ba..9523296e6 100644
--- a/daemon/routing.h
+++ b/daemon/routing.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ struct node {
 		/* Where that came from. */
 		struct node_connection *prev;
 	} bfg[ROUTING_MAX_HOPS+1];
+
+	/* UTF-8 encoded alias as tal_arr, not zero terminated */
+	u8 *alias;
 };
 
 struct lightningd_state;