diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5eede72..9391560 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ Here's a summary of the options available.
 | PREVIEW_ROWS | 1000 | The number of rows to insert to the data store. Set to 0 to insert all rows |
 | QSV_DEDUP | `True` | Automatically deduplicate rows? |
 | DEFAULT_EXCEL_SHEET | 0 | The zero-based index of the Excel sheet to export to CSV and insert into the Datastore. Negative values are accepted, i.e. -1 is the last sheet, -2 is 2nd to the last, etc. |
+| AUTO_ALIAS | `True` | Automatically create a resource alias - RESOURCE_NAME-PACKAGE_NAME-OWNER_ORG, that's easier to use in API calls and with scheming datastore_choices helper |
 | WRITE_ENGINE_URL | | The Postgres connection string to use to write to the Datastore using Postgres COPY. This should be **similar** to your `ckan.datastore.write_url`, except you'll need to specify a new role with SUPERUSER privileges, |
 
 > NOTE: To do native PostgreSQL operations like TRUNCATE, VACUUM and COPY, a new
diff --git a/datapusher/jobs.py b/datapusher/jobs.py
index 8fb8e5b..c2f68eb 100644
--- a/datapusher/jobs.py
+++ b/datapusher/jobs.py
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
 else:
     QSV_DEDUP = True
 
+if web.app.config.get('AUTO_ALIAS') in ['False', 'FALSE', '0', False, 0]:
+    AUTO_ALIAS = False
+else:
+    AUTO_ALIAS = True
+
 if web.app.config.get('SSL_VERIFY') in ['False', 'FALSE', '0', False, 0]:
     SSL_VERIFY = False
 else:
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ def as_dict(self):
 
         """
         if self.response and len(self.response) > 200:
-            response = self.response[:200] + str.encode('...')
+            response = str.encode(self.response[:200] + '...')
         else:
             response = self.response
         return {
@@ -236,7 +241,7 @@ def datastore_resource_exists(resource_id, api_key, ckan_url):
 
 
 def send_resource_to_datastore(resource, headers, api_key, ckan_url,
-                               records, is_it_the_last_chunk, ):
+                               records, aliases, calculate_record_count, ):
     """
     Stores records in CKAN datastore
     """
@@ -244,7 +249,8 @@ def send_resource_to_datastore(resource, headers, api_key, ckan_url,
                'fields': headers,
                'force': True,
                'records': records,
-               'calculate_record_count': is_it_the_last_chunk}
+               'aliases': aliases,
+               'calculate_record_count': calculate_record_count}
 
     url = get_url('datastore_create', ckan_url)
     r = requests.post(url,
@@ -291,6 +297,22 @@ def get_resource(resource_id, ckan_url, api_key):
     return r.json()['result']
 
 
+def get_package(package_id, ckan_url, api_key):
+    """
+    Gets available information about a package from CKAN
+    """
+    url = get_url('package_show', ckan_url)
+    r = requests.post(url,
+                      verify=SSL_VERIFY,
+                      data=json.dumps({'id': package_id}),
+                      headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                               'Authorization': api_key}
+                      )
+    check_response(r, url, 'CKAN')
+
+    return r.json()['result']
+
+
 def validate_input(input):
     # Especially validate metadata which is provided by the user
     if 'metadata' not in input:
@@ -598,7 +620,7 @@ def push_to_datastore(task_id, input, dry_run=False):
 
     # first, let's create an empty datastore table w/ guessed types
     send_resource_to_datastore(resource, headers_dicts, api_key, ckan_url,
-                               records=None, is_it_the_last_chunk=False)
+                               records=None, aliases=None, calculate_record_count=False)
 
     # Guess the delimiter used in the file for copy
     with open(tmp.name, 'rb') as f:
@@ -656,6 +678,26 @@ def push_to_datastore(task_id, input, dry_run=False):
     resource['datastore_active'] = True
     update_resource(resource, api_key, ckan_url)
 
+    if AUTO_ALIAS:
+        # get package info, so we can construct the alias
+        package = get_package(resource['package_id'], ckan_url, api_key)
+
+        resource_name = resource.get('name')
+        package_name = package.get('name')
+        owner_org = package.get('organization')
+        if owner_org:
+            owner_org_name = owner_org.get('name')
+        if resource_name and package_name and owner_org_name:
+            alias = f"{resource_name}-{package_name}-{owner_org_name}"
+        else:
+            alias = None
+
+    # tell CKAN to calculate_record_count and set alias if set
+    send_resource_to_datastore(resource, headers_dicts, api_key, ckan_url,
+                                records=None, aliases=alias, calculate_record_count=True)
+    if alias:
+        logger.info('Created alias: {}'.format(alias))
+
     # cleanup temporary files
     if os.path.exists(tmp.name + ".idx"):
         os.remove(tmp.name + ".idx")
diff --git a/datapusher/settings.py b/datapusher/settings.py
index f98d7f0..2739a6a 100644
--- a/datapusher/settings.py
+++ b/datapusher/settings.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 # set this to the same value as your ckan.datastore.write_url
 WRITE_ENGINE_URL = os.environ.get('DATAPUSHER_WRITE_ENGINE_URL', 'postgresql://datapusher:THEPASSWORD@localhost/datastore_default')
 
+AUTO_ALIAS = bool(int(os.environ.get('DATAPUSHER_AUTO_ALIAS', '1')))
+
 # qsv settings
 QSV_BIN = os.environ.get('DATAPUSHER_QSV_BIN', '/usr/local/bin/qsvlite')
 QSV_DEDUP = bool(int(os.environ.get('DATAPUSHER_QSV_DEDUP', '1')))