diff --git a/crates/iota/src/keytool.rs b/crates/iota/src/keytool.rs
index 73dda76e6bd..716548db44d 100644
--- a/crates/iota/src/keytool.rs
+++ b/crates/iota/src/keytool.rs
@@ -589,8 +589,11 @@ impl KeyToolCommand {
             } => match IotaKeyPair::decode(&input_string) {
                 Ok(ikp) => {
                     info!("Importing Bech32 encoded private key to keystore");
-                    let key = Key::from(&ikp);
+                    let mut key = Key::from(&ikp);
+
                     keystore.add_key(alias, ikp)?;
+                    key.alias = Some(keystore.get_alias_by_address(&key.iota_address)?);
+
                     CommandOutput::Import(key)
                 }
                 Err(_) => {
@@ -617,7 +620,10 @@ impl KeyToolCommand {
                     };
 
                     let ikp = keystore.get_key(&iota_address)?;
-                    let key = Key::from(ikp);
+                    let mut key = Key::from(ikp);
+
+                    key.alias = Some(keystore.get_alias_by_address(&key.iota_address)?);
+
                     CommandOutput::Import(key)
                 }
             },