diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index a2379ee9..2637736b 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ alias rsync-folder="rsync -h --progress -azvv "
 # SSHGuard seems to prefer users to run this always when connecting with keys in ssh-agent...
 alias ssh-add="\ssh-add -D && \ssh-add "
 
+# Usually aptitude is installed everywhere and if it's not, it can be unaliased in .aliases.
+alias apt-get=aptitude
+
 # Allow custom aliases to be put in .aliases or .bash_aliases .
 
 # .aliases
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index ca7d2a6f..d725319a 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ alias rsync-folder="rsync -h --progress -azvv "
 # SSHGuard seems to prefer users to run this always when connecting with keys in ssh-agent...
 alias ssh-add="\ssh-add -D && \ssh-add "
 
+# Usually aptitude is installed everywhere and if it's not, it can be unaliased in .aliases.
+alias apt-get=aptitude
+
 # Allow custom aliases to be put in .aliases or .zsh_aliases .
 
 # .aliases