diff --git a/puppet/files/treeherder/.bash_aliases b/puppet/files/treeherder/.profile
similarity index 96%
rename from puppet/files/treeherder/.bash_aliases
rename to puppet/files/treeherder/.profile
index 5dd2081df..87b09764f 100644
--- a/puppet/files/treeherder/.bash_aliases
+++ b/puppet/files/treeherder/.profile
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Source .bashrc, since the default .profile we're replacing did so.
+. "$HOME/.bashrc"
+
 function thelp {
     echo "
     Treeherder-specific helpful aliases:
diff --git a/puppet/manifests/classes/treeherder.pp b/puppet/manifests/classes/treeherder.pp
index fcee06eb5..c594b593d 100644
--- a/puppet/manifests/classes/treeherder.pp
+++ b/puppet/manifests/classes/treeherder.pp
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ class treeherder {
       user => "${APP_USER}",
     }
 
-    file {"${HOME_DIR}/.bash_aliases":
-      source => "${PROJ_DIR}/puppet/files/treeherder/.bash_aliases",
+    file {"$HOME_DIR/.profile":
+      ensure => "link",
+      target => "${PROJ_DIR}/puppet/files/treeherder/.profile",
       owner => "${APP_USER}",
       group  => "${APP_GROUP}",
     }