diff --git a/api/v3/Participant.php b/api/v3/Participant.php
index e5e94411bda8da7308e64a4424f044716cb478ea..cf39df191faf60c15906c681fc9492873bbc15a0 100644
--- a/api/v3/Participant.php
+++ b/api/v3/Participant.php
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ function _civicrm_api3_participant_create_spec(&$params) {
   $params['register_date']['api.default'] = "now";
   $params['event_id']['api.required'] = 1;
   $params['contact_id']['api.required'] = 1;
+  // These are for the sake of search builder options - can be removed if that is fixed
+  $params['role_id']['api.aliases'] = array('participant_role');
+  $params['status_id']['api.aliases'] = array('participant_status');
 }
 
 /**