diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasController.php
index 128457dd2..926806ba2 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasController.php
@@ -376,10 +376,27 @@ class AliasController extends ApiMutableModelControllerBase
      */
     public function exportAction()
     {
-        if ($this->request->isGet()) {
+        if ($this->request->isGet() || $this->request->isPost()) {
+            if (!empty($this->request->get('ids'))) {
+                /* partial select */
+                if (is_array($this->request->get('ids'))) {
+                    $items = $this->request->get('ids');
+                } else {
+                    $items = explode(',', (string)$this->request->get('ids'));
+                }
+                $payload = ['aliases' => ['alias' => []]];
+                foreach ($this->getModel()->aliases->alias->iterateItems() as $key => $node) {
+                    if (in_array($key, $items)) {
+                        $payload['aliases']['alias'][$key] = $this->getRawNodes($node);
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                /* full dump */
+                $payload = $this->getRawNodes($this->getModel());
+            }
             // return raw, unescaped since this content is intended for direct download
             $this->response->setContentType('application/json', 'UTF-8');
-            $this->response->setContent(json_encode($this->getRawNodes($this->getModel())));
+            $this->response->setContent(json_encode($payload, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
         } else {
             throw new UserException("Unsupported request type");
         }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Firewall/alias.volt b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Firewall/alias.volt
index f1e6af983..61c763e5e 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Firewall/alias.volt
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/OPNsense/Firewall/alias.volt
@@ -446,7 +446,12 @@
          * export all configured aliases to json
          */
         $("#exportbtn").click(function(){
-            ajaxGet("/api/firewall/alias/export", {}, function(data, status){
+            let selected_rows = $("#grid-aliases").bootgrid("getSelectedRows");
+            let params = {};
+            if (selected_rows.length > 0) {
+                params['ids'] = selected_rows;
+            }
+            ajaxCall("/api/firewall/alias/export", params, function(data, status){
                 if (data.aliases) {
                   let output_data = JSON.stringify(data, null, 2);
                   let a_tag = $('<a></a>').attr('href','data:application/json;charset=utf8,' + encodeURIComponent(output_data))