qgis · Jul 22, 2020
diff --git a/‎src/core/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
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diff --git a/‎tests/src/python/test_provider_ogr.py
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@@ -1246,6 +1246,14 @@ void QgsOgrProvider::loadFields()
                           width, prec, QString(), varSubType
                         );
 
+#if GDAL_VERSION_NUM >= GDAL_COMPUTE_VERSION(3,2,0)
+    const QString alias = textEncoding()->toUnicode( OGR_Fld_GetAlternativeNameRef( fldDef ) );
+    if ( !alias.isEmpty() )
+    {
+      newField.setAlias( alias );
+    }
+#endif
+
     // check if field is nullable
     bool nullable = OGR_Fld_IsNullable( fldDef );
     if ( !nullable )
 
@@ -730,6 +730,20 @@ def testMixOfFilterExpressionAndSubsetStringWhenFilterExpressionCompilationFails
 
         self.assertCountEqual([f.attributes() for f in vl.getFeatures(request)], [['rectangle', '1']])
 
+    @unittest.skip(int(gdal.VersionInfo('VERSION_NUM')) < GDAL_COMPUTE_VERSION(3, 2, 0))
+    def testFieldAliases(self):
+        """
+        Test that field aliases are taken from OGR where available (requires GDAL 3.2 or later)
+        """
+        datasource = os.path.join(unitTestDataPath(), 'field_alias.gdb')
+        vl = QgsVectorLayer(datasource, 'test', 'ogr')
+        self.assertTrue(vl.isValid())
+
+        fields = vl.fields()
+        self.assertEqual([f.name() for f in fields], ['OBJECTID', 'text', 'short_int', 'long_int', 'float', 'double', 'date', 'blob', 'guid', 'raster', 'SHAPE_Length', 'SHAPE_Area'])
+        self.assertEqual([f.alias() for f in fields],
+                         ['', 'My Text Field', 'My Short Int Field', 'My Long Int Field', 'My Float Field', 'My Double Field', 'My Date Field', 'My Blob Field', 'My GUID field', 'My Raster Field', '', ''])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()