diff --git a/src/onegate/onegate-server.rb b/src/onegate/onegate-server.rb
index 7fde043bdb6..52dd9358788 100644
--- a/src/onegate/onegate-server.rb
+++ b/src/onegate/onegate-server.rb
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def update(object, params)
     end
 end
 
-NIC_VALID_KEYS = %w(IP IP6_LINK IP6_SITE IP6_GLOBAL NETWORK MAC)
+NIC_VALID_KEYS = %w(IP IP6_LINK IP6_SITE IP6_GLOBAL NETWORK MAC NAME PARENT)
 USER_TEMPLATE_INVALID_KEYS = %w(SCHED_MESSAGE)
 
 def build_vm_hash(vm_hash)
@@ -393,6 +393,14 @@ def build_vm_hash(vm_hash)
         end
     end
 
+    alias_nics = []
+
+    if vm_hash["TEMPLATE"]["NIC_ALIAS"]
+        [vm_hash["TEMPLATE"]["NIC_ALIAS"]].flatten.each do |nic|
+            alias_nics << Hash[nic.select{|k,v| NIC_VALID_KEYS.include?(k)}]
+        end
+    end
+
     OpenNebula::VirtualMachine::EXTERNAL_IP_ATTRS.each do |attr|
         external_ip = vm_hash["MONITORING"][attr]
 
@@ -411,7 +419,8 @@ def build_vm_hash(vm_hash)
                                     !USER_TEMPLATE_INVALID_KEYS.include?(k)
                                 }],
             "TEMPLATE"  => {
-                "NIC" => nics
+                "NIC" => nics,
+                "NIC_ALIAS" => alias_nics
             }
         }
     }