diff --git a/hansel.actions.inc b/hansel.actions.inc
index a5059c4136824af93d69ca2bec751f531189fa72..97031ec8369bca1983d2b6b100f0e5dbcafe7d01 100644
--- a/hansel.actions.inc
+++ b/hansel.actions.inc
@@ -273,6 +273,35 @@ function menu_hansel_get_parent($path) {
   return FALSE;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Implements hook_hansel_get_parent().
+ * 
+ * @param string $path 
+ * @return array
+ */
+function path_hansel_get_parent($path) {
+  if (variable_get('hansel_parent_lookup_paths', TRUE)) {
+    $alias = drupal_get_path_alias($_GET['q']);
+    if ($alias != $_GET['q']) {
+      $alias = substr($alias, 0, strrpos($alias, '/'));
+      if (!($path = drupal_lookup_path($alias))) {
+        // The alias is probably a valid system path.
+        $path = $alias;
+      }
+      if (!$parent_path = drupal_lookup_path($path)) {
+        $parent_path = $path;
+      }
+      if ($item = menu_get_item($parent_path)) {
+        return array(
+          'path' => $parent_path,
+          'title' => $item['title'],
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
 /**
  * Callback for the "add single link" breadcrumb action to generate the config form.
  *
diff --git a/hansel_ui/hansel_ui.module b/hansel_ui/hansel_ui.module
index 9e82d4fd48a1fec0ae45e2104865927e180bd955..022644cd0574f2f6e7c215d28bd9f4de7ab217c1 100644
--- a/hansel_ui/hansel_ui.module
+++ b/hansel_ui/hansel_ui.module
@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ function hansel_ui_settings($form_state) {
     '#default_value' => variable_get('hansel_set_menu_name', TRUE),
     '#description' => t('This is required for the \'leave original breadcrumbs\' option to work for pages which are not in the default menu. Turn this option off if you experience side effects.'),
   );
+  
+  $form['hansel_parent_lookup_paths'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#title' => t('Lookup url aliases when looking for parents'),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('hansel_parent_lookup_paths', TRUE),
+    '#description' => t('Hansel is able to lookup parents based on url aliases. But this may cost extra database queries. You should disable this feature when not required.'),
+  );
 
   return system_settings_form($form);
 }