diff --git a/infoblox/datasource_infoblox_host_record.go b/infoblox/datasource_infoblox_host_record.go
index 967b0b71c..eed31f90b 100644
--- a/infoblox/datasource_infoblox_host_record.go
+++ b/infoblox/datasource_infoblox_host_record.go
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ func dataSourceHostRecord() *schema.Resource {
 							Default:     true,
 							Description: "flag that defines if the host record is to be used for DNS purposes.",
 						},
+						"aliases": {
+							Type:        schema.TypeList,
+							Optional:    true,
+							Description: "A set of IP allocation aliases",
+							Elem: &schema.Schema{
+								Type: schema.TypeString,
+							},
+						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -108,7 +116,7 @@ func dataSourceHostRecordRead(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m int
 	var diags diag.Diagnostics
 
 	n := &ibclient.HostRecord{}
-	n.SetReturnFields(append(n.ReturnFields(), "extattrs", "comment", "zone", "ttl", "configure_for_dns"))
+	n.SetReturnFields(append(n.ReturnFields(), "extattrs", "comment", "zone", "ttl", "configure_for_dns", "aliases"))
 
 	filters := filterFromMap(d.Get("filters").(map[string]interface{}))
 	qp := ibclient.NewQueryParams(false, filters)
@@ -200,6 +208,9 @@ func flattenRecordHost(hostRecord ibclient.HostRecord) (map[string]interface{},
 		res["comment"] = *hostRecord.Comment
 	}
 
+	if hostRecord.Aliases != nil {
+		res["aliases"] = hostRecord.Aliases
+	}
 	return res, nil
 
 }
diff --git a/infoblox/resource_infoblox_ip_allocation.go b/infoblox/resource_infoblox_ip_allocation.go
index d6ab36ab0..7cfe72210 100644
--- a/infoblox/resource_infoblox_ip_allocation.go
+++ b/infoblox/resource_infoblox_ip_allocation.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/customdiff"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/validation"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
@@ -14,6 +15,24 @@ import (
 	ibclient "github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-go-client/v2"
 )
 
+func normalizeAlias(alias, domain string) string {
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(alias, "."+domain) {
+		return alias + "." + domain
+	}
+	return alias
+}
+
+// normalizeAndSortAliases normalizes each alias by appending the domain if missing and sorts the resulting list.
+func normalizeAndSortAliases(aliases []interface{}, domain string) []string {
+	var normalizedAliases []string
+	for _, alias := range aliases {
+		aliasStr := alias.(string)
+		normalizedAliases = append(normalizedAliases, normalizeAlias(aliasStr, domain))
+	}
+	sort.Strings(normalizedAliases)
+	return normalizedAliases
+}
+
 func resourceIPAllocation() *schema.Resource {
 	// TODO: move towards context-aware equivalents of these fields, as these are deprecated.
 	return &schema.Resource{
@@ -168,6 +187,19 @@ func resourceIPAllocation() *schema.Resource {
 				Elem: &schema.Schema{
 					Type: schema.TypeString,
 				},
+				DiffSuppressFunc: func(k, oldValue, newValue string, d *schema.ResourceData) bool {
+					enableDNS := d.Get("enable_dns").(bool)
+					if enableDNS {
+						fqdn := d.Get("fqdn").(string)
+						domain := strings.Join(strings.Split(fqdn, ".")[1:], ".")
+						oldAliases, newAliases := d.GetChange("aliases")
+						oldAliasesnew := normalizeAndSortAliases(oldAliases.([]interface{}), domain)
+						newAliasesnew := normalizeAndSortAliases(newAliases.([]interface{}), domain)
+						// Compare the sorted, normalized aliases
+						return strings.Join(oldAliasesnew, ",") == strings.Join(newAliasesnew, ",")
+					}
+					return oldValue == newValue
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -243,16 +275,6 @@ func resourceAllocationRequest(d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) error {
 	for i, alias := range aliases {
 		aliasStrs[i] = alias.(string)
 	}
-	// Check if enableDns is true, then validate the aliases
-	if enableDns {
-		parts := strings.SplitN(fqdn, ".", 2)
-		domain := parts[1]
-		for _, alias := range aliasStrs {
-			if !strings.HasSuffix(alias, "."+domain) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("invalid alias format, alias is given as %s, but should be in the format %s", alias, alias+"."+domain)
-			}
-		}
-	}
 	var ttl uint32
 	useTtl := false
 	tempVal := d.Get("ttl")
@@ -544,13 +566,7 @@ func resourceAllocationUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) (err error)
 		if !strings.ContainsRune(fqdn, '.') {
 			return fmt.Errorf("'fqdn' value must be an FQDN without a trailing dot")
 		}
-		parts := strings.SplitN(fqdn, ".", 2)
-		domain := parts[1]
-		for _, alias := range aliasStrs {
-			if !strings.HasSuffix(alias, "."+domain) {
-				return fmt.Errorf("invalid alias format, alias is given as %s, but should be in the format %s", alias, alias+"."+domain)
-			}
-		}
+
 	}
 
 	// internalId != nil here, because getOrFindHostRec() checks for this and returns an error otherwise.
diff --git a/infoblox/resource_infoblox_ip_allocation_test.go b/infoblox/resource_infoblox_ip_allocation_test.go
index 598ab787a..a0d61df2d 100644
--- a/infoblox/resource_infoblox_ip_allocation_test.go
+++ b/infoblox/resource_infoblox_ip_allocation_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package infoblox
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-go-client/v2/utils"
-	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -60,10 +59,6 @@ func validateAliases(expAliases, actAliases []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-var (
-	regexpFqdnDoesNotMatch = regexp.MustCompile("fqdn does not end with a domain name")
-)
-
 // must be used only with exp and act of the same length
 func validateV4Addrs(exp, act []ibclient.HostRecordIpv4Addr) error {
 	sort.Sort(v4addrsType(exp))
@@ -492,30 +487,6 @@ func TestAcc_resourceIPAllocation(t *testing.T) {
 					})
 					depends_on = [infoblox_zone_auth.zone, infoblox_ipv4_network.net1, infoblox_ipv6_network.net2]
 				}`,
-				ExpectError: regexpFqdnDoesNotMatch,
-			},
-			{
-				Config: `
-				resource "infoblox_zone_auth" "zone" {
-					fqdn = "test1.com"
-				}
-				resource "infoblox_ipv4_network" "net1" {
-					cidr = "10.0.0.0/24"
-				}
-				resource "infoblox_ipv6_network" "net2" {
-					cidr = "2002:1f93:0:3::/96"
-				}
-				resource "infoblox_ip_allocation" "foo3" {
-					network_view = "default"
-					fqdn        = "testhostnameip5.test1.com"
-					ipv4_addr   = "10.0.0.2"
-					comment      = "IPv4 and IPv6 are allocated"
-					aliases      = ["alias3.test1.com", "alias4.test1.com"]
-					ext_attrs    = jsonencode({
-						Site = "Test site"
-					})
-					depends_on = [infoblox_zone_auth.zone, infoblox_ipv4_network.net1, infoblox_ipv6_network.net2]
-				}`,
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					validateIPAllocation(
 						"infoblox_ip_allocation.foo3",