diff --git a/gql/parser.go b/gql/parser.go
index b552b3a3..a6a86dc4 100644
--- a/gql/parser.go
+++ b/gql/parser.go
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ func Parse(r Request) (res Result, rerr error) {
 func validateResult(res *Result) error {
 	seenQueryAliases := make(map[string]bool)
 	for _, q := range res.Query {
-		if q.Alias == "var" || q.Alias == "shortest" {
+		if q.Alias == "var" || q.Alias == "shortest" || q.Alias == "helloshortest" {
 			continue
 		}
 		if _, found := seenQueryAliases[q.Alias]; found {
diff --git a/query/outputnode.go b/query/outputnode.go
index d94bcb6d..9d987949 100644
--- a/query/outputnode.go
+++ b/query/outputnode.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const (
 func ToJson(l *Latency, sgl []*SubGraph) ([]byte, error) {
 	sgr := &SubGraph{}
 	for _, sg := range sgl {
-		if sg.Params.Alias == "var" || sg.Params.Alias == "shortest" {
+		if sg.Params.Alias == "var" || sg.Params.Alias == "shortest" || sg.Params.Alias == "helloshortest" {
 			continue
 		}
 		if sg.Params.GetUid {
diff --git a/query/query.go b/query/query.go
index cdafecd5..65babcf9 100644
--- a/query/query.go
+++ b/query/query.go
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ func (args *params) fill(gq *gql.GraphQuery) error {
 		args.AfterUID = uint64(after)
 	}
 
-	if args.Alias == "shortest" {
+	if args.Alias == "shortest" || args.Alias == "helloshortest" {
 		if v, ok := gq.Args["depth"]; ok {
 			depth, err := strconv.ParseUint(v, 0, 64)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@ func (req *QueryRequest) ProcessQuery(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 		gq := queries[i]
 
 		if gq == nil || (len(gq.UID) == 0 && gq.Func == nil && len(gq.NeedsVar) == 0 &&
-			gq.Alias != "shortest" && !gq.IsEmpty) {
+			gq.Alias != "helloshortest" && gq.Alias != "shortest" && !gq.IsEmpty) {
 			return x.Errorf("Invalid query. No function used at root and no aggregation" +
 				" or math variables found in the body.")
 		}
@@ -2658,6 +2658,12 @@ func (req *QueryRequest) ProcessQuery(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 					shortestSg, err = ShortestPath(ctx, sg)
 					errChan <- err
 				}()
+			} else if sg.Params.Alias == "helloshortest" {
+				// hello shortest
+				go func() {
+					shortestSg, err = HelloShortestPath(ctx, sg)
+					errChan <- err
+				}()
 			} else if sg.Params.Recurse {
 				go func() {
 					errChan <- Recurse(ctx, sg)