diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index 85c850e..69de1be 100644
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -317,7 +317,9 @@ nvm_ls_remote() {
   local VERSIONS
   local GREP_OPTIONS
   GREP_OPTIONS=''
-  if [ -n "$PATTERN" ]; then
+  if nvm_validate_implicit_alias "$PATTERN" 2> /dev/null ; then
+    PATTERN="$(nvm_remote_version "$(nvm_print_implicit_alias remote "$PATTERN")")"
+  elif [ -n "$PATTERN" ]; then
     PATTERN="$(nvm_ensure_version_prefix "$PATTERN")"
   else
     PATTERN=".*"
@@ -518,7 +520,7 @@ nvm() {
         nobinary=1
       fi
 
-      provided_version=$1
+      provided_version="$1"
 
       if [ -z "$provided_version" ]; then
         if [ $version_not_provided -ne 1 ]; then
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_ls_remote b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_ls_remote
index c6f2e7c..8b7da02 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_ls_remote	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_ls_remote	
@@ -464,5 +464,22 @@ v0.3.8"
 
 [ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm_ls_remote 0.3 did not output 0.3.x versions; got $OUTPUT"
 
+# Sanity checks
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_print_implicit_alias remote stable)"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="0.10"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm_print_implicit_alias remote stable did not output $EXPECTED_OUTPUT; got $OUTPUT"
+
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_print_implicit_alias remote unstable)"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="0.11"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm_print_implicit_alias remote unstable did not output $EXPECTED_OUTPUT; got $OUTPUT"
+
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_ls_remote stable)"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="v0.10.32"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm_ls_remote stable did not output $EXPECTED_OUTPUT; got $OUTPUT"
+
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_ls_remote unstable)"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="v0.11.14"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm_ls_remote unstable did not output $EXPECTED_OUTPUT; got $OUTPUT"
+
 cleanup