diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c47e3fe325bf..49ba2d0ccdf8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ mapAliases (rec {
   saneFrontends = sane-frontends; # added 2016-01-02
   scim = sc-im; # added 2016-01-22
   skrooge2 = skrooge; # added 2017-02-18
+  skype = skypeforlinux; # added 2017-07-27
   spaceOrbit = space-orbit; # addewd 2016-05-23
   speedtest_cli = speedtest-cli;  # added 2015-02-17
   sqliteInteractive = sqlite-interactive;  # added 2014-12-06