diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70f99bbfd..a7932b3b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 1. [](#new)
     * Moved `Parsedown` 1.6 and `ParsedownExtra` 0.7 into `Grav\Framework\Parsedown` to allow fixes
+    * Added `aliases.php` with references to direct `\Parsedown` and `\ParsedownExtra` references
 1. [](#improved)
     * Upgraded `jQuery` to latest 3.4.1 version [#2859](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2859)
 1. [](#bugfix)
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 1b043bed8..7314c059a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
             "Grav\\": "system/src/Grav"
         },
         "files": [
-            "system/defines.php"
+            "system/defines.php",
+            "system/aliases.php"
         ]
     },
     "archive": {
diff --git a/system/aliases.php b/system/aliases.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..387f3a4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/aliases.php
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?php
+
+/** Moved from non-namespaced classes to Grav Framework */
+class_alias(Grav\Framework\Parsedown\Parsedown::class, '\Parsedown');
+class_alias(Grav\Framework\Parsedown\ParsedownExtra::class, '\ParsedownExtra');
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/Local/Package.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/Local/Package.php
index ff797a78c..88241a449 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/Local/Package.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/GPM/Local/Package.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Grav\Common\GPM\Local;
 
 use Grav\Common\Data\Data;
 use Grav\Common\GPM\Common\Package as BasePackage;
+use Grav\Framework\Parsedown\Parsedown;
 
 class Package extends BasePackage
 {
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ class Package extends BasePackage
 
         $this->settings = $package->toArray();
 
-        $html_description = \Parsedown::instance()->line($this->__get('description'));
+        $html_description = Parsedown::instance()->line($this->__get('description'));
         $this->data->set('slug', $package->__get('slug'));
         $this->data->set('description_html', $html_description);
         $this->data->set('description_plain', strip_tags($html_description));