diff --git a/src/plugins/identity/alias.js b/src/plugins/identity/alias.js
index 75fb283..846d6ee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/identity/alias.js
+++ b/src/plugins/identity/alias.js
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import {type NodeAddressT} from "../../core/graph";
 import {githubOwnerPattern} from "../github/repoId";
 import {loginAddress as githubAddress} from "../github/nodes";
 import {userAddress as discourseAddress} from "../discourse/address";
+import {
+  identityAddress,
+  USERNAME_PATTERN as _VALID_IDENTITY_PATTERN,
+} from "./identity";
 
 /** An Alias is a string specification of an identity within another plugin.
  *
@@ -49,6 +53,13 @@ export function resolveAlias(
       }
       return discourseAddress(discourseUrl, match[1]);
     }
+    case "sourcecred": {
+      const match = name.match(_VALID_IDENTITY_PATTERN);
+      if (!match) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid SourceCred identity: ${name}`);
+      }
+      return identityAddress(match[1]);
+    }
     default:
       throw new Error(`Unknown type for alias: ${alias}`);
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/identity/alias.test.js b/src/plugins/identity/alias.test.js
index dd624a5..8e37604 100644
--- a/src/plugins/identity/alias.test.js
+++ b/src/plugins/identity/alias.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import {resolveAlias} from "./alias";
 import {loginAddress as githubAddress} from "../github/nodes";
 import {userAddress as discourseAddress} from "../discourse/address";
+import {identityAddress} from "./identity";
 
 describe("src/plugins/identity/alias", () => {
   describe("resolveAlias", () => {
@@ -77,6 +78,16 @@ describe("src/plugins/identity/alias", () => {
         const b = resolveAlias("discourse/@login", url);
         expect(a).toEqual(b);
       });
+      it("a sourcecred identity", () => {
+        const actual = resolveAlias("sourcecred/example", null);
+        const expected = identityAddress("example");
+        expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+      });
+      it("a sourcecred identity with prefixed @", () => {
+        const a = resolveAlias("sourcecred/example", null);
+        const b = resolveAlias("sourcecred/@example", null);
+        expect(a).toEqual(b);
+      });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/identity/identity.js b/src/plugins/identity/identity.js
index 1f34331..f0226fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/identity/identity.js
+++ b/src/plugins/identity/identity.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import {NodeAddress, type Node} from "../../core/graph";
 import {nodePrefix} from "./declaration";
 import {type Alias} from "./alias";
+import type {NodeAddressT} from "../../core/graph";
 
 /**
  * A Username is a locally (within-instance) unique identifier for a user of
@@ -30,17 +31,31 @@ export type IdentitySpec = {|
   +discourseServerUrl: string | null,
 |};
 
+/**
+ * Internal method for validating a username.
+ *
+ * Returns the username with any leading @ symbol stripped.
+ * Throws an error if the username is invalid.
+ */
+export function validateUsername(username: string): Username {
+  const re = new RegExp(USERNAME_PATTERN);
+  const match = re.exec(username);
+  if (match == null) {
+    throw new Error(`invalid username: ${username}`);
+  }
+  return match[1];
+}
+
 /**
  * Create a new node representing an identity.
  */
 export function identityNode(identity: Identity): Node {
-  const re = new RegExp(USERNAME_PATTERN);
-  const match = re.exec(identity.username);
-  if (match == null) {
-    throw new Error(`Invalid username: ${identity.username}`);
-  }
-  const username = match[1];
-  const address = NodeAddress.append(nodePrefix, username);
+  const username = validateUsername(identity.username);
+  const address = identityAddress(username);
   const description = `@${username}`;
   return {address, timestampMs: null, description};
 }
+
+export function identityAddress(username: Username): NodeAddressT {
+  return NodeAddress.append(nodePrefix, validateUsername(username));
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/identity/identity.test.js b/src/plugins/identity/identity.test.js
index a66a31b..ed27254 100644
--- a/src/plugins/identity/identity.test.js
+++ b/src/plugins/identity/identity.test.js
@@ -1,26 +1,51 @@
 // @flow
 
 import {NodeAddress} from "../../core/graph";
-import {identityNode} from "./identity";
+import {identityAddress, identityNode, validateUsername} from "./identity";
 
 describe("src/plugins/identity/identity", () => {
-  describe("identityNode", () => {
+  describe("validateUsername", () => {
+    it("accepts good inputs", () => {
+      const good = ["foo", "123", "foo-123", "foo_bar-123", "_S-A-M_"];
+      const usernames = good.map(validateUsername);
+      expect(good).toEqual(usernames);
+    });
+    it("strips leading @-signs", () => {
+      const good = ["foo", "123", "foo-123", "foo_bar-123", "_S-A-M_"];
+      const usernames = good.map((g) => validateUsername("@" + g));
+      expect(good).toEqual(usernames);
+    });
+    it("rejects bad inputs", () => {
+      const bad = ["", "@", "@foo@", "foo$bar"];
+      for (const b of bad) {
+        expect(() => validateUsername(b)).toThrow("invalid username");
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  describe("identityNode & identityAddress", () => {
     it("works as expected for valid identity", () => {
       const identity = {username: "foo", aliases: ["github/foo"]};
       const n = identityNode(identity);
       expect(n.address).toEqual(
         NodeAddress.fromParts(["sourcecred", "identity", "foo"])
       );
+      expect(identityAddress(identity.username)).toEqual(n.address);
       expect(n.timestampMs).toEqual(null);
       expect(n.description).toEqual("@foo");
     });
     it("errors for an empty username", () => {
       const identity = {username: "", aliases: ["github/foo"]};
-      expect(() => identityNode(identity)).toThrowError("Invalid username");
+      expect(() => identityNode(identity)).toThrowError("invalid username");
+      expect(() => identityAddress(identity.username)).toThrowError(
+        "invalid username"
+      );
     });
     it("errors for a bad username", () => {
       const identity = {username: "$foo$bar", aliases: ["github/foo"]};
-      expect(() => identityNode(identity)).toThrowError("Invalid username");
+      expect(() => identityNode(identity)).toThrowError("invalid username");
+      expect(() => identityAddress(identity.username)).toThrowError(
+        "invalid username"
+      );
     });
     it("strips redundant leading @ from the description and address", () => {
       const identity = {username: "@foo", aliases: ["github/foo"]};
@@ -28,6 +53,7 @@ describe("src/plugins/identity/identity", () => {
       expect(n.address).toEqual(
         NodeAddress.fromParts(["sourcecred", "identity", "foo"])
       );
+      expect(identityAddress(identity.username)).toEqual(n.address);
       expect(n.timestampMs).toEqual(null);
       expect(n.description).toEqual("@foo");
     });