diff --git a/nodes/core/core/58-debug.html b/nodes/core/core/58-debug.html
index 7eca4c87b..7317d7064 100644
--- a/nodes/core/core/58-debug.html
+++ b/nodes/core/core/58-debug.html
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
             this.handleDebugMessage = function(t,o) {
                 var sourceNode = RED.nodes.node(o.id) || RED.nodes.node(o.z);
                 if (sourceNode) {
-                    o._source = {id:sourceNode.id,z:sourceNode.z,name:sourceNode.name};
+                    o._source = {id:sourceNode.id,z:sourceNode.z,name:sourceNode.name,type:sourceNode.type,_alias:o._alias};
                 }
                 RED.debug.handleDebugMessage(o);
                 if (subWindow) {
diff --git a/nodes/core/core/lib/debug/debug-utils.js b/nodes/core/core/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
index ffb1c53f3..17b850327 100644
--- a/nodes/core/core/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
+++ b/nodes/core/core/lib/debug/debug-utils.js
@@ -403,12 +403,19 @@ RED.debug = (function() {
             $(msg).addClass('debug-message-hover');
             if (o._source) {
                 config.messageMouseEnter(o._source.id);
+                if (o._source._alias) {
+                    config.messageMouseEnter(o._source._alias);
+                }
             }
+
         };
         msg.onmouseleave = function() {
             $(msg).removeClass('debug-message-hover');
             if (o._source) {
                 config.messageMouseLeave(o._source.id);
+                if (o._source._alias) {
+                    config.messageMouseLeave(o._source._alias);
+                }
             }
         };
         var name = sanitize(((o.name?o.name:o.id)||"").toString());
diff --git a/red/runtime/nodes/Node.js b/red/runtime/nodes/Node.js
index 2615d7e0f..462b7f3c8 100644
--- a/red/runtime/nodes/Node.js
+++ b/red/runtime/nodes/Node.js
@@ -222,7 +222,9 @@ function log_helper(self, level, msg) {
     var o = {
         level: level,
         id: self.id,
+        z: self.z,
         type: self.type,
+        _alias: self._alias,
         msg: msg
     };
     if (self.name) {