diff --git a/javascript/_utils.js b/javascript/_utils.js
index fc823a6..3cd07a5 100644
--- a/javascript/_utils.js
+++ b/javascript/_utils.js
@@ -174,10 +174,15 @@ function flatten(obj, roots = [], sep = ".") {
 
 // Calculate biased tag score based on post count and frequent usage
 function calculateUsageBias(result, count, uses, lastUseDate) {
-    // Guard for minimum usage count & last usage date
+    // Calculate days since last use
     const diffTime = Math.abs(Date.now() - (lastUseDate || Date.now()));
     const diffDays = Math.ceil(diffTime / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
-    if (uses < TAC_CFG.frequencyMinCount || diffDays > TAC_CFG.frequencyMaxAge) {
+    // Check setting conditions
+    if (
+        uses < TAC_CFG.frequencyMinCount ||
+        diffDays > TAC_CFG.frequencyMaxAge ||
+        (!TAC_CFG.frequencyIncludeAlias && !result.text.includes(tagword))
+    ) {
         uses = 0;
     } else if (uses != 0) {
         result.usageBias = true;
diff --git a/javascript/tagAutocomplete.js b/javascript/tagAutocomplete.js
index 5b29ddb..49ba940 100644
--- a/javascript/tagAutocomplete.js
+++ b/javascript/tagAutocomplete.js
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ async function syncOptions() {
         frequencyFunction: opts["tac_frequencyFunction"],
         frequencyMinCount: opts["tac_frequencyMinCount"],
         frequencyMaxAge: opts["tac_frequencyMaxAge"],
+        frequencyIncludeAlias: opts["tac_frequencyIncludeAlias"],
         // Insertion related settings
         replaceUnderscores: opts["tac_replaceUnderscores"],
         escapeParentheses: opts["tac_escapeParentheses"],
diff --git a/scripts/tag_autocomplete_helper.py b/scripts/tag_autocomplete_helper.py
index 1ef64e8..6350b80 100644
--- a/scripts/tag_autocomplete_helper.py
+++ b/scripts/tag_autocomplete_helper.py
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ def on_ui_settings():
         "tac_frequencyFunction": shared.OptionInfo("Logarithmic (weak)", "Function to use for frequency sorting", gr.Dropdown, lambda: {"choices": list(frequency_sort_functions.keys())}).info("; ".join([f'<b>{key}</b>: {val}' for key, val in frequency_sort_functions.items()])),
         "tac_frequencyMinCount": shared.OptionInfo(3, "Minimum number of uses for a tag to be considered frequent").info("Tags with less uses than this will not be sorted higher, even if the sorting function would normally result in a higher position."),
         "tac_frequencyMaxAge": shared.OptionInfo(30, "Maximum days since last use for a tag to be considered frequent").info("Similar to the above, tags that haven't been used in this many days will not be sorted higher."),
+        "tac_frequencyIncludeAlias": shared.OptionInfo(False, "Frequency sorting matches aliases for frequent tags").info("Tag frequency will be increased for the main tag even if an alias is used for completion. This option can be used to override the default behavior of alias results being ignored for frequency sorting."),
         # Insertion related settings
         "tac_replaceUnderscores": shared.OptionInfo(True, "Replace underscores with spaces on insertion"),
         "tac_escapeParentheses": shared.OptionInfo(True, "Escape parentheses on insertion"),