diff --git a/src/augtool.c b/src/augtool.c
index 0636d62b2..07a94e06f 100644
--- a/src/augtool.c
+++ b/src/augtool.c
@@ -845,6 +845,32 @@ static void setup_lua(void) {
     // lua_register(LS, "aug_to_xml", lua_aug_to_xml);
     // lua_register(LS, "aug_srun", lua_aug_srun);
     // lua_register(LS, "aug_errors", lua_aug_errors);
+    
+    // short names
+    lua_register(LS, "get", lua_aug_get);
+    lua_register(LS, "label", lua_aug_label);
+    lua_register(LS, "set", lua_aug_set);
+    lua_register(LS, "setm", lua_aug_setm);
+    // lua_register(LS, "span", lua_aug_span);
+    lua_register(LS, "insert", lua_aug_insert);
+    lua_register(LS, "rm", lua_aug_rm);
+    lua_register(LS, "mv", lua_aug_mv);
+    lua_register(LS, "cp", lua_aug_cp);
+    lua_register(LS, "rename", lua_aug_rename);
+    lua_register(LS, "matches", lua_aug_matches);
+    lua_register(LS, "match", lua_aug_match);
+    lua_register(LS, "defvar", lua_aug_defvar);
+    lua_register(LS, "defnode", lua_aug_defnode);
+    lua_register(LS, "save", lua_aug_save);
+    lua_register(LS, "load", lua_aug_load);
+    lua_register(LS, "text_store", lua_aug_text_store);
+    lua_register(LS, "text_retrieve", lua_aug_text_retrieve);
+    // lua_register(LS, "escape_name", lua_aug_escape_name);
+    lua_register(LS, "transform", lua_aug_transform);
+    // lua_register(LS, "print", lua_aug_print);
+    // lua_register(LS, "to_xml", lua_aug_to_xml);
+    // lua_register(LS, "srun", lua_aug_srun);
+    // lua_register(LS, "errors", lua_aug_errors);
 }
 
 static int main_loop(void) {