diff --git a/lisp/whitespace.el b/lisp/whitespace.el
index e330febf938..40a234f02d6 100644
--- a/lisp/whitespace.el
+++ b/lisp/whitespace.el
@@ -819,6 +819,9 @@ If timer is not set, then set it to scan the files in
       (disable-timeout whitespace-rescan-timer)
       (setq whitespace-rescan-timer nil))))
 
+;;;###autoload
+(defalias 'global-whitespace-mode 'whitespace-global-mode)
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (define-minor-mode whitespace-global-mode
   "Toggle using Whitespace mode in new buffers.