diff --git a/pkg/sqlite/performer.go b/pkg/sqlite/performer.go
index 5463a6a8d..dcdc92f0f 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlite/performer.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlite/performer.go
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ func (qb *PerformerStore) QueryCount(ctx context.Context, performerFilter *model
 	return query.executeCount(ctx)
 }
 
+// TODO - we need to provide a whitelist of possible values
 func performerIsMissingCriterionHandler(qb *PerformerStore, isMissing *string) criterionHandlerFunc {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, f *filterBuilder) {
 		if isMissing != nil && *isMissing != "" {
@@ -756,6 +757,9 @@ func performerIsMissingCriterionHandler(qb *PerformerStore, isMissing *string) c
 			case "stash_id":
 				performersStashIDsTableMgr.join(f, "performer_stash_ids", "performers.id")
 				f.addWhere("performer_stash_ids.performer_id IS NULL")
+			case "aliases":
+				performersAliasesTableMgr.join(f, "", "performers.id")
+				f.addWhere("performer_aliases.alias IS NULL")
 			default:
 				f.addWhere("(performers." + *isMissing + " IS NULL OR TRIM(performers." + *isMissing + ") = '')")
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/sqlite/performer_test.go b/pkg/sqlite/performer_test.go
index 1951d4eb7..8ba32964b 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlite/performer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlite/performer_test.go
@@ -1760,14 +1760,17 @@ func verifyPerformersRating100(t *testing.T, ratingCriterion models.IntCriterion
 	})
 }
 
+func performerQueryIsMissing(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, m string) []*models.Performer {
+	performerFilter := models.PerformerFilterType{
+		IsMissing: &m,
+	}
+
+	return queryPerformers(ctx, t, &performerFilter, nil)
+}
+
 func TestPerformerQueryIsMissingRating(t *testing.T) {
 	withTxn(func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		isMissing := "rating"
-		performerFilter := models.PerformerFilterType{
-			IsMissing: &isMissing,
-		}
-
-		performers := queryPerformers(ctx, t, &performerFilter, nil)
+		performers := performerQueryIsMissing(ctx, t, "rating")
 
 		assert.True(t, len(performers) > 0)
 
@@ -1781,16 +1784,7 @@ func TestPerformerQueryIsMissingRating(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPerformerQueryIsMissingImage(t *testing.T) {
 	withTxn(func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		isMissing := "image"
-		performerFilter := &models.PerformerFilterType{
-			IsMissing: &isMissing,
-		}
-
-		// ensure query does not error
-		performers, _, err := db.Performer.Query(ctx, performerFilter, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("Error querying performers: %s", err.Error())
-		}
+		performers := performerQueryIsMissing(ctx, t, "image")
 
 		assert.True(t, len(performers) > 0)
 
@@ -1806,6 +1800,24 @@ func TestPerformerQueryIsMissingImage(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestPerformerQueryIsMissingAlias(t *testing.T) {
+	withTxn(func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		performers := performerQueryIsMissing(ctx, t, "aliases")
+
+		assert.True(t, len(performers) > 0)
+
+		for _, performer := range performers {
+			a, err := db.Performer.GetAliases(ctx, performer.ID)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("error getting performer aliases: %s", err.Error())
+			}
+			assert.Nil(t, a)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPerformerQuerySortScenesCount(t *testing.T) {
 	sort := "scenes_count"
 	direction := models.SortDirectionEnumDesc
diff --git a/pkg/sqlite/setup_test.go b/pkg/sqlite/setup_test.go
index 6dbcefba2..91b2b49fb 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlite/setup_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlite/setup_test.go
@@ -1420,6 +1420,14 @@ func performerStashID(i int) models.StashID {
 	}
 }
 
+func performerAliases(i int) []string {
+	if i%5 == 0 {
+		return []string{}
+	}
+
+	return []string{getPerformerStringValue(i, "alias")}
+}
+
 // createPerformers creates n performers with plain Name and o performers with camel cased NaMe included
 func createPerformers(ctx context.Context, n int, o int) error {
 	pqb := db.Performer
@@ -1443,7 +1451,7 @@ func createPerformers(ctx context.Context, n int, o int) error {
 		performer := models.Performer{
 			Name:           getPerformerStringValue(index, name),
 			Disambiguation: getPerformerStringValue(index, "disambiguation"),
-			Aliases:        models.NewRelatedStrings([]string{getPerformerStringValue(index, "alias")}),
+			Aliases:        models.NewRelatedStrings(performerAliases(index)),
 			URL:            getPerformerNullStringValue(i, urlField),
 			Favorite:       getPerformerBoolValue(i),
 			Birthdate:      getPerformerBirthdate(i),