diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2591929..29be9c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ Elasticsearch is used when `STORAGE=elasticsearch`.
     * `ES_INDEX_PREFIX`: index prefix of Jaeger indices. By default unset.
     * `ES_TIME_RANGE`: How far in the past the job should look to for spans, the maximum and default is `24h`.
                        Any value accepted by [date-math](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#date-math) can be used here, but the anchor is always `now`.
+    * `ES_USE_ALIASES`: Set to true to use index alias names to read from and write to.
+                        Usually required when using rollover indices.
 
 Example usage:
 
diff --git a/jaeger-spark-dependencies-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spark/dependencies/elastic/ElasticsearchDependenciesJob.java b/jaeger-spark-dependencies-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spark/dependencies/elastic/ElasticsearchDependenciesJob.java
index 42426c0..c629e94 100644
--- a/jaeger-spark-dependencies-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spark/dependencies/elastic/ElasticsearchDependenciesJob.java
+++ b/jaeger-spark-dependencies-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/jaegertracing/spark/dependencies/elastic/ElasticsearchDependenciesJob.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public static final class Builder {
     Boolean nodesWanOnly = Boolean.parseBoolean(Utils.getEnv("ES_NODES_WAN_ONLY", "false"));
     String indexPrefix = Utils.getEnv("ES_INDEX_PREFIX", null);
     String spanRange = Utils.getEnv("ES_TIME_RANGE", "24h");
+    Boolean useAliases = Boolean.parseBoolean(Utils.getEnv("ES_USE_ALIASES", "false"));
 
     final Map<String, String> sparkProperties = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ private static String getSystemPropertyAsFileResource(String key) {
   private final SparkConf conf;
   private final String indexPrefix;
   private final String spanRange;
+  private final Boolean useAliases;
 
   ElasticsearchDependenciesJob(Builder builder) {
     this.day = builder.day;
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ private static String getSystemPropertyAsFileResource(String key) {
     }
     this.indexPrefix = builder.indexPrefix;
     this.spanRange = builder.spanRange;
+    this.useAliases = builder.useAliases;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -209,7 +212,21 @@ private static String prefix(String prefix) {
   }
 
   public void run(String peerServiceTag) {
-    run(indexDate("jaeger-span"), indexDate("jaeger-dependencies") ,peerServiceTag);
+
+    String[] readIndices;
+    String[] writeIndex;
+
+    // use alias indices common when using index rollover
+    if (this.useAliases) {
+      readIndices = new String[]{prefix(indexPrefix) + "jaeger-span-read", prefixBefore19(indexPrefix) + "jaeger-span-read"};
+      writeIndex = new String[] {prefix(indexPrefix) + "jaeger-dependencies-write", prefixBefore19(indexPrefix) + "jaeger-dependencies-write"};
+    }
+    else {
+      readIndices = indexDate("jaeger-span");
+      writeIndex = indexDate("jaeger-dependencies");
+    }
+
+    run(readIndices, writeIndex, peerServiceTag);
   }
 
   String[] indexDate(String index) {