diff --git a/example-clients/midi_latency_test.c b/example-clients/midi_latency_test.c
index 1806946f..6937b677 100644
--- a/example-clients/midi_latency_test.c
+++ b/example-clients/midi_latency_test.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  * implementations for semaphores and command-line argument handling.
  */
 
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ const char *SOURCE_SHUTDOWN = "handle_shutdown";
 const char *SOURCE_SIGNAL_SEMAPHORE = "signal_semaphore";
 const char *SOURCE_WAIT_SEMAPHORE = "wait_semaphore";
 
+char *alias1;
+char *alias2;
 jack_client_t *client;
 semaphore_t connect_semaphore;
 volatile int connections_established;
@@ -517,9 +520,31 @@ update_connection(jack_port_t *remote_port, int connected,
             return current_port;
         }
         if (target_name) {
-            if (strcmp(target_name, jack_port_name(remote_port))) {
+            char *aliases[2];
+            if (! strcmp(target_name, jack_port_name(remote_port))) {
+                return remote_port;
+            }
+            aliases[0] = alias1;
+            aliases[1] = alias2;
+            switch (jack_port_get_aliases(remote_port, aliases)) {
+            case -1:
+                /* Sigh ... */
+                die("jack_port_get_aliases", "Failed to get port aliases");
+            case 2:
+                if (! strcmp(target_name, alias2)) {
+                    return remote_port;
+                }
+                /* Fallthrough on purpose */
+            case 1:
+                if (! strcmp(target_name, alias1)) {
+                    return remote_port;
+                }
+                /* Fallthrough on purpose */
+            case 0:
                 return NULL;
             }
+            /* This shouldn't happen. */
+            assert(0);
         }
         return remote_port;
     }
@@ -537,7 +562,6 @@ update_connection(jack_port_t *remote_port, int connected,
            connected, then we take the first port name in the array and use it
            as our remote port.  It's a dumb implementation. */
         current_port = jack_port_by_name(client, port_names[0]);
-
         jack_free(port_names);
         if (current_port == NULL) {
             /* Sigh */
@@ -597,6 +621,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         {"timeout", 1, NULL, 't'}
     };
     size_t name_arg_count;
+    size_t name_size;
     char *option_string = "hm:s:t:";
     int show_usage = 0;
     connections_established = 0;
@@ -656,11 +681,24 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         output_usage();
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
+    name_size = jack_port_name_size();
+    alias1 = malloc(name_size * sizeof(char));
+    if (alias1 == NULL) {
+        error_message = strerror(errno);
+        error_source = "malloc";
+        goto show_error;
+    }
+    alias2 = malloc(name_size * sizeof(char));
+    if (alias2 == NULL) {
+        error_message = strerror(errno);
+        error_source = "malloc";
+        goto free_alias1;
+    }
     latency_values = malloc(sizeof(jack_nframes_t) * samples);
     if (latency_values == NULL) {
         error_message = strerror(errno);
         error_source = "malloc";
-        goto show_error;
+        goto free_alias2;
     }
     latency_time_values = malloc(sizeof(jack_time_t) * samples);
     if (latency_time_values == NULL) {
@@ -917,6 +955,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     free(latency_time_values);
  free_latency_values:
     free(latency_values);
+ free_alias2:
+    free(alias2);
+ free_alias1:
+    free(alias1);
     if (error_message != NULL) {
     show_error:
         output_error(error_source, error_message);