diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c67b8a20..bcaf27c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # v2.6.0-beta2
 - [#499](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/499) IPv6 disabled for internal HTTP API by default, was cause issues on some systems.
+- Added short aliases for algorithm names: `cn`, `cn-lite` and `cn-heavy`.
 - Fixed regressions (v2.6.0-beta1 affected)
   - [#494](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/494) Command line option `--donate-level` was broken.
   - [#502](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/502) Build without libmicrohttpd was broken.
diff --git a/src/core/CommonConfig.cpp b/src/core/CommonConfig.cpp
index 8d2eb03a..8950775c 100644
--- a/src/core/CommonConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CommonConfig.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 
 
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -45,6 +46,13 @@ static const char *algoNames[] = {
 };
 
 
+static const char *algoNamesShort[] = {
+    "cn",
+    "cn-lite",
+    "cn-heavy"
+};
+
+
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(strcasecmp)
 #   define strcasecmp _stricmp
 #endif
@@ -375,12 +383,21 @@ void xmrig::CommonConfig::setAlgo(const char *algo)
         return;
     }
 
-    const size_t size = sizeof(algoNames) / sizeof((algoNames)[0]);
+    const size_t size = sizeof(algoNames) / sizeof(algoNames[0]);
+
+    assert(size == (sizeof(algoNamesShort) / sizeof(algoNamesShort[0])));
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
         if (algoNames[i] && strcasecmp(algo, algoNames[i]) == 0) {
             m_algorithm = static_cast<Algo>(i);
-            break;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+        if (algoNamesShort[i] && strcasecmp(algo, algoNamesShort[i]) == 0) {
+            m_algorithm = static_cast<xmrig::Algo>(i);
+            return;
         }
     }
 }