diff --git a/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py b/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
index a9fc9a9f7b..0e238a14f8 100644
--- a/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
+++ b/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import shlex
 
 from django.db.models import Count, ExpressionWrapper, F, FloatField, Q
 from django.db.models.functions import Cast
-
 from evennia.typeclasses.attributes import Attribute
 from evennia.typeclasses.tags import Tag
 from evennia.utils import idmapper
@@ -476,6 +475,8 @@ class TypedObjectManager(idmapper.manager.SharedMemoryManager):
             return self.filter(id=dbref)
         return self.none()
 
+    search_dbref = dbref_search  # alias
+
     def get_dbref_range(self, min_dbref=None, max_dbref=None):
         """
         Get objects within a certain range of dbrefs.