diff --git a/contrib/profile/profile.lisp b/contrib/profile/profile.lisp
index b0bc8dad1..a08d884ed 100644
--- a/contrib/profile/profile.lisp
+++ b/contrib/profile/profile.lisp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 (eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel)
   (defpackage "PROFILE"
-    (:nicknames "PROF")
+    (:nicknames "PROF" "SB-PROFILE")
     (:export "PROFILE" "REPORT" "RESET" "UNPROFILE" "UNPROFILE-ALL"))
 )
 
diff --git a/src/CHANGELOG b/src/CHANGELOG
index a1e915c16..f705a1447 100755
--- a/src/CHANGELOG
+++ b/src/CHANGELOG
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ and important fixes to let ECL work better with Slime.
 
  - SERVE-EVENT now allows time resolution of less than one second.
 
+ - The PROFILE package now has an alias, SB-PROFILE.
+
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