diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasUpdater.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasHolderUpdater.cs
similarity index 73%
rename from src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasUpdater.cs
rename to src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasHolderUpdater.cs
index d9c41d94b..aec6d63ad 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasUpdater.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasHolderUpdater.cs
@@ -1,51 +1,61 @@
-using System;
-using System.Linq;
-using Orchard.Alias.Implementation.Holder;
-using Orchard.Alias.Implementation.Storage;
-using Orchard.Environment;
-using Orchard.Tasks;
-using Orchard.Logging;
-
-namespace Orchard.Alias.Implementation.Updater {
-    public class AliasHolderUpdater : IOrchardShellEvents, IBackgroundTask {
-        private readonly IAliasHolder _aliasHolder;
-        private readonly IAliasStorage _storage;
-        private readonly IAliasUpdateCursor _cursor;
-
-        public ILogger Logger { get; set; }
-
-        public AliasHolderUpdater(IAliasHolder aliasHolder, IAliasStorage storage, IAliasUpdateCursor cursor) {
-            _aliasHolder = aliasHolder;
-            _storage = storage;
-            _cursor = cursor;
-            Logger = NullLogger.Instance;
-        }
-
-        void IOrchardShellEvents.Activated() {
-            Refresh();
-        }
-
-        void IOrchardShellEvents.Terminating() {
-        }
-
-        private void Refresh() {
-            try {
-                // only retreive aliases which have not been processed yet
-                var aliases = _storage.List(x => x.Id > _cursor.Cursor).ToArray();
-
-                // update the last processed id
-                if (aliases.Any()) {
-                    _cursor.Cursor = aliases.Last().Item5;
-                    _aliasHolder.SetAliases(aliases.Select(alias => new AliasInfo { Path = alias.Item1, Area = alias.Item2, RouteValues = alias.Item3 }));
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex) {
-                Logger.Error(ex, "Exception during Alias refresh");
-            }
-        }
-
-        public void Sweep() {
-            Refresh();
-        }
-    }
-}
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using Orchard.Alias.Implementation.Holder;
+using Orchard.Alias.Implementation.Storage;
+using Orchard.Environment;
+using Orchard.Tasks;
+using Orchard.Logging;
+using Orchard.Environment.Extensions;
+
+namespace Orchard.Alias.Implementation.Updater {
+    public interface IAliasHolderUpdater : IDependency {
+        void Refresh();
+    }
+
+    public class AliasHolderUpdater : IAliasHolderUpdater {
+        private readonly IAliasHolder _aliasHolder;
+        private readonly IAliasStorage _storage;
+        private readonly IAliasUpdateCursor _cursor;
+
+        public ILogger Logger { get; set; }
+
+        public AliasHolderUpdater(IAliasHolder aliasHolder, IAliasStorage storage, IAliasUpdateCursor cursor) {
+            _aliasHolder = aliasHolder;
+            _storage = storage;
+            _cursor = cursor;
+            Logger = NullLogger.Instance;
+        }
+
+        public void Refresh() {
+            try {
+                // only retreive aliases which have not been processed yet
+                var aliases = _storage.List(x => x.Id > _cursor.Cursor).ToArray();
+
+                // update the last processed id
+                if (aliases.Any()) {
+                    _cursor.Cursor = aliases.Last().Item5;
+                    _aliasHolder.SetAliases(aliases.Select(alias => new AliasInfo { Path = alias.Item1, Area = alias.Item2, RouteValues = alias.Item3 }));
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) {
+                Logger.Error(ex, "Exception during Alias refresh");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class AliasUpdaterEvent : IOrchardShellEvents {
+        
+        private readonly IAliasHolderUpdater _aliasHolderUpdater;
+
+        public AliasUpdaterEvent(IAliasHolderUpdater aliasHolderUpdater) {
+            _aliasHolderUpdater = aliasHolderUpdater;
+        }
+        
+        void IOrchardShellEvents.Activated() {
+            _aliasHolderUpdater.Refresh();
+        }
+
+        void IOrchardShellEvents.Terminating() {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasUpdaterBackgroundTask.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasUpdaterBackgroundTask.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c3ecab62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Implementation/Updater/AliasUpdaterBackgroundTask.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using Orchard.Environment.Extensions;
+using Orchard.Tasks;
+
+namespace Orchard.Alias.Implementation.Updater {
+    [OrchardFeature("Orchard.Alias.Updater")]
+    public class AliasUpdaterBackgroundTask : IBackgroundTask {
+
+        private readonly IAliasHolderUpdater _aliasHolderUpdater;
+
+        public AliasUpdaterBackgroundTask(IAliasHolderUpdater aliasHolderUpdater) {
+            _aliasHolderUpdater = aliasHolderUpdater;
+        }
+
+        public void Sweep() {
+            _aliasHolderUpdater.Refresh();
+        }
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Module.txt b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Module.txt
index 3164287e0..0e7a0305c 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Module.txt
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Module.txt
@@ -13,3 +13,8 @@ Features:
         Description: Admin user interface for Orchard.Alias.
 		Dependencies: Orchard.Alias
 		Category: Content
+    Orchard.Alias.Updater:
+		Name: Alias Updater
+        Description: Synchronizes aliases when created from different servers.
+		Dependencies: Orchard.Alias
+		Category: Content
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Orchard.Alias.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Orchard.Alias.csproj
index e4eaf362a..e4903ceb7 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Orchard.Alias.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Orchard.Alias.csproj
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     <Content Include="Views\Admin\Index.cshtml" />
     <Content Include="Web.config" />
     <Compile Include="Implementation\Updater\AliasUpdateCursor.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Implementation\Updater\AliasUpdaterBackgroundTask.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Implementation\Updater\IAliasUpdateCursor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Content Include="Module.txt" />
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Implementation\Holder\IAliasHolder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Implementation\Map\AliasMap.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Implementation\Storage\AliasStorage.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Implementation\Updater\AliasUpdater.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Implementation\Updater\AliasHolderUpdater.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Implementation\Utils.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Migrations.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Records\ActionRecord.cs" />