diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index a5d9ec206..24b227505 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1381,6 +1381,7 @@ <h2 id="objects">Object Functions</h2>
 
 <p id="mapObject">
         <b class="header">mapObject</b><code>_.mapObject(object, iteratee, [context])</code>
+        <span class="alias">Alias: <b>mapValues</b></span>
         <br />
         Like <a href="#map">map</a>, but for objects. Transform the value
         of each property in turn.
diff --git a/test/objects.js b/test/objects.js
index 614d1cd8f..db70b0932 100644
--- a/test/objects.js
+++ b/test/objects.js
@@ -997,4 +997,8 @@
     assert.deepEqual(_.mapObject(protoObj, _.identity), {a: 1}, 'ignore inherited values from prototypes');
 
   });
+
+  QUnit.test('mapValues', function(assert) {
+    assert.strictEqual(_.mapValues, _.mapObject, 'is an alias for mapObject');
+  });
 }());
diff --git a/underscore.js b/underscore.js
index 9db5560d7..824b3f781 100644
--- a/underscore.js
+++ b/underscore.js
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@
 
   // Returns the results of applying the iteratee to each element of the object
   // In contrast to _.map it returns an object
-  _.mapObject = function(obj, iteratee, context) {
+  _.mapObject = _.mapValues = function(obj, iteratee, context) {
     iteratee = cb(iteratee, context);
     var keys = _.keys(obj),
         length = keys.length,