diff --git a/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemAsynchronousMetrics.cpp b/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemAsynchronousMetrics.cpp
index a54b577d72b..26aa66aa507 100644
--- a/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemAsynchronousMetrics.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/System/StorageSystemAsynchronousMetrics.cpp
@@ -9,12 +9,18 @@ namespace DB
 
 ColumnsDescription StorageSystemAsynchronousMetrics::getColumnsDescription()
 {
-    return ColumnsDescription
+    auto description = ColumnsDescription
     {
         {"metric", std::make_shared<DataTypeString>(), "Metric name."},
         {"value", std::make_shared<DataTypeFloat64>(), "Metric value."},
         {"description", std::make_shared<DataTypeString>(), "Metric description."},
     };
+
+    description.setAliases({
+        {"name", std::make_shared<DataTypeString>(), "metric"}
+    });
+
+    return description;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02117_show_create_table_system.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02117_show_create_table_system.reference
index ef5a2c6665f..62a6231580f 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02117_show_create_table_system.reference
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02117_show_create_table_system.reference
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ CREATE TABLE system.asynchronous_metrics
 (
     `metric` String,
     `value` Float64,
-    `description` String
+    `description` String,
+    `name` String ALIAS metric
 )
 ENGINE = SystemAsynchronousMetrics
 COMMENT 'Contains metrics that are calculated periodically in the background. For example, the amount of RAM in use.'