diff --git a/lib/bootstrap.js b/lib/bootstrap.js
index 71fb4adc..a9aad429 100644
--- a/lib/bootstrap.js
+++ b/lib/bootstrap.js
@@ -97,8 +97,12 @@ var Base = new function() { // Bootstrap scope
 			// This does even work for prop: 0, as it will just be looked up
 			// again through describe.
 			var val = val || (val = describe(src, name))
-					&& (val.get ? val : val.value),
-				func = typeof val === 'function',
+					&& (val.get ? val : val.value);
+			// Allow aliases to properties with different names, by having
+			// string values starting with '#'
+			if (typeof val === 'string' && val[0] === '#')
+				val = src[val.substring(1)] || val;
+			var func = typeof val === 'function',
 				res = val,
 				// Only lookup previous value if we preserve or define a
 				// function that might need it for this.base(). If we're