diff --git a/pythonbrew/commands/install.py b/pythonbrew/commands/install.py
index b78ea5e..fb71d2f 100644
--- a/pythonbrew/commands/install.py
+++ b/pythonbrew/commands/install.py
@@ -14,21 +14,27 @@ class InstallCommand(Command):
             dest="force",
             action="store_true",
             default=False,
-            help="Force installation of a Python."
+            help="Force install of python.(skip make test)"
         )
         self.parser.add_option(
             "-C", "--configure",
             dest="configure",
             default="",
             metavar="CONFIGURE_OPTIONS",
-            help="Custom configure options."
+            help="Options passed directly to configure."
         )
         self.parser.add_option(
             "-n", "--no-setuptools",
             dest="no_setuptools",
             action="store_true",
             default=False,
-            help="Skip installation of setuptools."
+            help="Skip install of setuptools."
+        )
+        self.parser.add_option(
+            "--as",
+            dest="alias",
+            default=None,
+            help="Install a python under an alias."
         )
     
     def run_command(self, options, args):
diff --git a/pythonbrew/commands/list.py b/pythonbrew/commands/list.py
index e3a2e7b..fe9b39f 100644
--- a/pythonbrew/commands/list.py
+++ b/pythonbrew/commands/list.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class ListCommand(Command):
         logger.info('# installed pythons')
         cur = get_current_python_path()
         for d in sorted(os.listdir(PATH_PYTHONS)):
-            if cur == os.path.join(PATH_PYTHONS, d, 'bin','python'):
+            if cur and os.path.samefile(cur, os.path.join(PATH_PYTHONS, d, 'bin','python')):
                 logger.info('%s (*)' % d)
                 cur = None
             else:
diff --git a/pythonbrew/commands/symlink.py b/pythonbrew/commands/symlink.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a79c2bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonbrew/commands/symlink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import os
+from pythonbrew.basecommand import Command
+from pythonbrew.define import PATH_PYTHONS, PATH_BIN
+from pythonbrew.util import Package, symlink, unlink
+
+class SymlinkCommand(Command):
+    name = "symlink"
+    usage = "%prog"
+    summary = "Create/Remove a symbolic link to python"
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(SymlinkCommand, self).__init__()
+        self.parser.add_option(
+            "-p", "--python",
+            dest="pythons",
+            action="append",
+            default=[],
+            help="Using specified python versions."
+        )
+        self.parser.add_option(
+            "-r", "--remove",
+            dest="remove",
+            action="store_true",
+            default=False,
+            help="Remove a symbolic link."
+        )
+    
+    def run_command(self, options, args):
+        pythons = self._get_pythons(options.pythons)
+        for python in pythons:
+            version = Package(python).version
+            src = os.path.join(PATH_PYTHONS, python, 'bin', 'python')
+            dst = os.path.join(PATH_BIN, 'py%s' % (version))
+            if options.remove:
+                unlink(dst)
+            else:
+                symlink(src, dst)
+    
+    def _get_pythons(self, _pythons):
+        pythons = [Package(p).name for p in _pythons]
+        return [d for d in sorted(os.listdir(PATH_PYTHONS)) 
+                if not pythons or d in pythons]
+
+SymlinkCommand()
diff --git a/pythonbrew/installer.py b/pythonbrew/installer.py
index d2724b6..eb7715a 100644
--- a/pythonbrew/installer.py
+++ b/pythonbrew/installer.py
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ class PythonInstaller(object):
         if is_url(name):
             self.download_url = name
             filename = Link(self.download_url).filename
-            pkg = Package(filename)
+            pkg = Package(filename, options.alias)
         else:
-            pkg = Package(name)
+            pkg = Package(name, options.alias)
             self.download_url = get_python_version_url(pkg.version)
             if not self.download_url:
                 logger.info("Unknown python version: `%s`" % pkg.name)
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class PythonInstaller(object):
         logger.info("Installed %(pkgname)s successfully. Run the following command to switch to %(pkgname)s."
                     % {"pkgname":self.pkg.name})
         logger.info("")
-        logger.info("  pythonbrew switch %s" % self.pkg.version)
+        logger.info("  pythonbrew switch %s" % self.pkg.alias)
     
     def ensure(self):
         if is_macosx_snowleopard():
diff --git a/pythonbrew/util.py b/pythonbrew/util.py
index 4761384..956ea68 100644
--- a/pythonbrew/util.py
+++ b/pythonbrew/util.py
@@ -242,18 +242,22 @@ class Subprocess(object):
             raise ShellCommandException('Failed to `%s` command' % cmd)
 
 class Package(object):
-    def __init__(self, name):
+    def __init__(self, name, alias=None):
         self.name = None
         self.version = None
+        self.alias = None
         if is_archive_file(name):
             name = splitext(name)[0]
         m = re.search("^Python-(.*)$", name)
         if m:
             self.name = name
-            self.version = m.group(1)
+            self.version = self.alias = m.group(1)
         else:
             self.name = "Python-%s" % name
-            self.version = name
+            self.version = self.alias = name
+        if alias:
+            self.name = 'Python-%s' % alias
+            self.alias = alias
 
 class Link(object):
     def __init__(self, url):
diff --git a/tests/test_04_install.py b/tests/test_04_install.py
index 5f6b68f..b2ec31a 100644
--- a/tests/test_04_install.py
+++ b/tests/test_04_install.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class InstallOptions(object):
     force = True
     configure = ""
     no_setuptools = False
+    alias = None
 
 def test_install():
     from pythonbrew.commands.install import InstallCommand