diff --git a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Backend/Ido/Query/ContactgroupQuery.php b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Backend/Ido/Query/ContactgroupQuery.php
index 8a29e1954..c87afaa9c 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Backend/Ido/Query/ContactgroupQuery.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Backend/Ido/Query/ContactgroupQuery.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ContactgroupQuery extends IdoQuery
         'contacts' => array(
             'contact'                           => 'co.name1 COLLATE latin1_general_ci',
             'contact_name'                      => 'co.name1',
-            'contact_alias'                     => 'c.alias',
+            'contact_alias'                     => 'c.alias COLLATE latin1_general_ci',
             'contact_email'                     => 'c.email_address',
             'contact_pager'                     => 'c.pager_address',
             'contact_has_host_notfications'     => 'c.host_notifications_enabled',