diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteRegistrar.php b/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteRegistrar.php
index 4c8446fd0a83..1657f56527eb 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteRegistrar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteRegistrar.php
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ class RouteRegistrar
         'get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'delete', 'options', 'any',
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * The attributes that are aliased.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $aliases = [
+        'name' => 'as',
+    ];
+
     /**
      * Create a new route registrar instance.
      *
@@ -49,7 +58,7 @@ public function __construct(Router $router)
      */
     public function attribute($key, $value)
     {
-        $this->attributes[$key] = $value;
+        $this->attributes[array_get($this->aliases, $key, $key)] = $value;
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php b/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php
index 2d159af1e400..323e67e9598f 100644
--- a/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php
+++ b/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ public function testCanRegisterGroupWithMiddleware()
         $this->seeMiddleware('group-middleware');
     }
 
-
     public function testCanRegisterGroupWithNamespace()
     {
         $this->router->namespace('App\Http\Controllers')->group(function ($router) {