diff --git a/tests/test_shells.py b/tests/test_shells.py
index c354441f..f571a2c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_shells.py
+++ b/tests/test_shells.py
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ class TestGeneric(object):
     def test_get_aliases(self, shell):
         assert shell.get_aliases() == {}
 
+    def test_app_alias(self, shell):
+        assert 'alias fuck' in shell.app_alias()
+        assert 'thefuck' in shell.app_alias()
+        assert 'TF_ALIAS' in shell.app_alias()
+
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('isfile')
 class TestBash(object):
@@ -75,6 +80,11 @@ class TestBash(object):
                                        'la': 'ls -A',
                                        'll': 'ls -alF'}
 
+    def test_app_alias(self, shell):
+        assert 'alias fuck' in shell.app_alias()
+        assert 'thefuck' in shell.app_alias()
+        assert 'TF_ALIAS' in shell.app_alias()
+
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('isfile')
 class TestFish(object):
@@ -124,6 +134,11 @@ class TestFish(object):
                                        'll': 'll',
                                        'math': 'math'}
 
+    def test_app_alias(self, shell):
+        assert 'function fuck' in shell.app_alias()
+        assert 'thefuck' in shell.app_alias()
+        assert 'TF_ALIAS' in shell.app_alias()
+
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('isfile')
 class TestZsh(object):
@@ -167,3 +182,8 @@ class TestZsh(object):
             'l': 'ls -CF',
             'la': 'ls -A',
             'll': 'ls -alF'}
+
+    def test_app_alias(self, shell):
+        assert 'alias fuck' in shell.app_alias()
+        assert 'thefuck' in shell.app_alias()
+        assert 'TF_ALIAS' in shell.app_alias()
diff --git a/thefuck/shells.py b/thefuck/shells.py
index 6bfc84d6..336608ea 100644
--- a/thefuck/shells.py
+++ b/thefuck/shells.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Generic(object):
         return command_script
 
     def app_alias(self):
-        return "\nalias fuck='eval $(thefuck $(fc -ln -1))'\n"
+        return "\nalias fuck='TF_ALIAS=fuck eval $(thefuck $(fc -ln -1))'\n"
 
     def _get_history_file_name(self):
         return ''
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Generic(object):
 
 class Bash(Generic):
     def app_alias(self):
-        return "\nalias fuck='eval $(thefuck $(fc -ln -1)); history -r'\n"
+        return "\nalias fuck='TF_ALIAS=fuck eval $(thefuck $(fc -ln -1)); history -r'\n"
 
     def _parse_alias(self, alias):
         name, value = alias.replace('alias ', '', 1).split('=', 1)
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class Fish(Generic):
     def app_alias(self):
         return ("function fuck -d 'Correct your previous console command'\n"
                 "    set -l exit_code $status\n"
+                "    set -l TF_ALIAS fuck\n"
                 "    set -l eval_script"
                 " (mktemp 2>/dev/null ; or mktemp -t 'thefuck')\n"
                 "    set -l fucked_up_commandd $history[1]\n"
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ class Fish(Generic):
 
 class Zsh(Generic):
     def app_alias(self):
-        return "\nalias fuck='eval $(thefuck $(fc -ln -1 | tail -n 1)); fc -R'\n"
+        return "\nalias fuck='TF_ALIAS=fuck eval $(thefuck $(fc -ln -1 | tail -n 1)); fc -R'\n"
 
     def _parse_alias(self, alias):
         name, value = alias.split('=', 1)
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ class Zsh(Generic):
 
 class Tcsh(Generic):
     def app_alias(self):
-        return "\nalias fuck 'set fucked_cmd=`history -h 2 | head -n 1` && eval `thefuck ${fucked_cmd}`'\n"
+        return "\nalias fuck 'setenv TF_ALIAS fuck && set fucked_cmd=`history -h 2 | head -n 1` && eval `thefuck ${fucked_cmd}`'\n"
 
     def _parse_alias(self, alias):
         name, value = alias.split("\t", 1)
@@ -203,6 +204,10 @@ def app_alias():
     print(_get_shell().app_alias())
 
 
+def thefuck_alias():
+    return os.environ.get('TF_ALIAS', 'fuck')
+
+
 def put_to_history(command):
     return _get_shell().put_to_history(command)