2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstate/scan_name.cpp b/src/libstate/scan_name.cpp
index 861934200..eccb15565 100644
--- a/src/libstate/scan_name.cpp
+++ b/src/libstate/scan_name.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ deref_aliases(const std::pair<u32bit, std::string>& in)
 
 }
 
-SCAN_Name::SCAN_Name(const std::string& algo_spec)
+SCAN_Name::SCAN_Name(std::string algo_spec)
    {
    orig_algo_spec = algo_spec;
 
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ SCAN_Name::SCAN_Name(const std::string& algo_spec)
 
    std::string decoding_error = "Bad SCAN name '" + algo_spec + "': ";
 
+   algo_spec = global_state().deref_alias(algo_spec);
+
    for(u32bit i = 0; i != algo_spec.size(); ++i)
       {
       char c = algo_spec[i];
diff --git a/src/libstate/scan_name.h b/src/libstate/scan_name.h
index 7992d7498..4350dca86 100644
--- a/src/libstate/scan_name.h
+++ b/src/libstate/scan_name.h
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ class BOTAN_DLL SCAN_Name
    {
    public:
       /**
-      @param algo_spec A SCAN name
+      @param algo_spec A SCAN-format name
       */
-      SCAN_Name(const std::string& algo_spec);
+      SCAN_Name(std::string algo_spec);
 
       /**
       @return the original input string