diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index c8bfc28..a9eb751 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ attribute "postfix",
   :description => "Hash of Postfix attributes",
   :type => "hash"
 
+attribute "postfix/aliases",
+  :display_name => "Postfix Aliases",
+  :description => "Hash of Postfix aliases mapping a name to a value.  Example 'root' => 'operator@example.com'.  See aliases man page for details.",
+  :type => "hash"
+
 attribute "postfix/mail_type",
   :display_name => "Postfix Mail Type",
   :description => "Is this node a client or server?",
diff --git a/recipes/aliases.rb b/recipes/aliases.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30a4891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/aliases.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require_recipe "postfix"
+
+execute "update-postfix-aliases" do
+  command "newaliases"
+  action :nothing
+end
+
+template "/etc/aliases" do
+  source "aliases.erb"
+  notifies :run, resources("execute[update-postfix-aliases]")
+  #notifies :reload, resources(:service => "postfix")
+end
+
diff --git a/templates/ubuntu-10.04/aliases.erb b/templates/ubuntu-10.04/aliases.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..658db32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ubuntu-10.04/aliases.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# See man 5 aliases for format
+postmaster:    root
+
+<% @node[:postfix][:aliases].each do |name, value| %>
+<%= name %>:  "<%= value %>"
+<% end unless @node[:postfix][:aliases].nil? %>
+