diff --git a/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies.go b/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies.go
index d3d4a6faf..08c2dbdf0 100644
--- a/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies.go
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ func getStorageEnvs(s v1.JaegerStorageSpec) []corev1.EnvVar {
 			{Name: "ES_USERNAME", Value: sFlagsMap["es.username"]},
 			{Name: "ES_PASSWORD", Value: sFlagsMap["es.password"]},
 			{Name: "ES_TIME_RANGE", Value: s.Dependencies.ElasticsearchTimeRange},
+			{Name: "ES_USE_ALIASES", Value: sFlagsMap["es.use-aliases"]},
 		}
 		if s.Dependencies.ElasticsearchNodesWanOnly != nil {
 			vars = append(vars, corev1.EnvVar{Name: "ES_NODES_WAN_ONLY", Value: strconv.FormatBool(*s.Dependencies.ElasticsearchNodesWanOnly)})
diff --git a/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies_test.go b/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies_test.go
index 63992567f..825600723 100644
--- a/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies_test.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func TestStorageEnvs(t *testing.T) {
 				Options: v1.NewOptions(map[string]interface{}{
 					"es.server-urls": "lol:hol", "es.index-prefix": "haha",
 					"es.index-date-separator": ".", "es.username": "jdoe", "es.password": "none",
+					"es.use-aliases": "true",
 				}),
 			},
 			expected: []corev1.EnvVar{
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ func TestStorageEnvs(t *testing.T) {
 				{Name: "ES_USERNAME", Value: "jdoe"},
 				{Name: "ES_PASSWORD", Value: "none"},
 				{Name: "ES_TIME_RANGE", Value: ""},
+				{Name: "ES_USE_ALIASES", Value: "true"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ func TestStorageEnvs(t *testing.T) {
 				{Name: "ES_USERNAME", Value: "jdoe"},
 				{Name: "ES_PASSWORD", Value: "none"},
 				{Name: "ES_TIME_RANGE", Value: ""},
+				{Name: "ES_USE_ALIASES", Value: ""},
 				{Name: "ES_NODES_WAN_ONLY", Value: "false"},
 				{Name: "ES_CLIENT_NODE_ONLY", Value: "true"},
 			},
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ func TestStorageEnvs(t *testing.T) {
 				Options: v1.NewOptions(map[string]interface{}{
 					"es.server-urls": "lol:hol", "es.index-prefix": "haha",
 					"es.username": "jdoe", "es.password": "none",
+					"es.use-aliases": "false",
 				}),
 				Dependencies: v1.JaegerDependenciesSpec{ElasticsearchTimeRange: "30m"},
 			},
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ func TestStorageEnvs(t *testing.T) {
 				{Name: "ES_USERNAME", Value: "jdoe"},
 				{Name: "ES_PASSWORD", Value: "none"},
 				{Name: "ES_TIME_RANGE", Value: "30m"},
+				{Name: "ES_USE_ALIASES", Value: "false"},
 			},
 		},
 	}