diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DecisionEngineTests/DownloadDecisionMakerFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DecisionEngineTests/DownloadDecisionMakerFixture.cs
index 31844debe..38fa525b9 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DecisionEngineTests/DownloadDecisionMakerFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/DecisionEngineTests/DownloadDecisionMakerFixture.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using NzbDrone.Core.Test.Framework;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Tv;
 using NzbDrone.Test.Common;
 using FizzWare.NBuilder;
+using NzbDrone.Core.DataAugmentation.Scene;
 using NzbDrone.Core.DecisionEngine.Specifications;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.DecisionEngineTests
@@ -315,5 +316,22 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.DecisionEngineTests
 
             ExceptionVerification.ExpectedErrors(1);
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_return_unknown_series_rejection_if_series_title_is_an_alias_for_another_series()
+        {
+            GivenSpecifications(_pass1, _pass2, _pass3);
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<ISceneMappingService>()
+                  .Setup(s => s.FindTvdbId(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>()))
+                  .Returns(12345);
+
+            _remoteEpisode.Series = null;
+
+            var result = Subject.GetRssDecision(_reports);
+
+            result.Should().HaveCount(1);
+            result.First().Rejections.First().Reason.Should().Contain("12345");
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/DownloadDecisionMaker.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/DownloadDecisionMaker.cs
index 16fc82f89..f7e46fa0f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/DownloadDecisionMaker.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/DownloadDecisionMaker.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Instrumentation.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Serializer;
+using NzbDrone.Core.DataAugmentation.Scene;
 using NzbDrone.Core.DecisionEngine.Specifications;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download.Aggregation;
 using NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch.Definitions;
@@ -24,16 +25,19 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.DecisionEngine
         private readonly IEnumerable<IDecisionEngineSpecification> _specifications;
         private readonly IParsingService _parsingService;
         private readonly IRemoteEpisodeAggregationService _aggregationService;
+        private readonly ISceneMappingService _sceneMappingService;
         private readonly Logger _logger;
 
         public DownloadDecisionMaker(IEnumerable<IDecisionEngineSpecification> specifications,
                                      IParsingService parsingService,
                                      IRemoteEpisodeAggregationService aggregationService,
+                                     ISceneMappingService sceneMappingService,
                                      Logger logger)
         {
             _specifications = specifications;
             _parsingService = parsingService;
             _aggregationService = aggregationService;
+            _sceneMappingService = sceneMappingService;
             _logger = logger;
         }
 
@@ -88,7 +92,15 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.DecisionEngine
 
                         if (remoteEpisode.Series == null)
                         {
-                            decision = new DownloadDecision(remoteEpisode, new Rejection("Unknown Series"));
+                            var reason = "Unknown Series";
+                            var matchingTvdbId = _sceneMappingService.FindTvdbId(parsedEpisodeInfo.SeriesTitle, parsedEpisodeInfo.ReleaseTitle);
+
+                            if (matchingTvdbId.HasValue)
+                            {
+                                reason = $"{parsedEpisodeInfo.SeriesTitle} matches an alias for series with TVDB ID: {matchingTvdbId}";
+                            }
+
+                            decision = new DownloadDecision(remoteEpisode, new Rejection(reason));
                         }
                         else if (remoteEpisode.Episodes.Empty())
                         {