diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/src/encode.rs b/lang/rust/avro/src/encode.rs
index f347767f3cc..4593779ac1a 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/src/encode.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/src/encode.rs
@@ -219,23 +219,28 @@ pub(crate) fn encode_internal<S: Borrow<Schema>>(
 
                 for schema_field in schema_fields.iter() {
                     let name = &schema_field.name;
-                    let value = match lookup.get(name) {
-                        Some(value) => value,
-                        None => {
-                            return Err(Error::NoEntryInLookupTable(
-                                name.clone(),
-                                format!("{lookup:?}"),
-                            ));
+                    let value_opt = lookup.get(name).or_else(|| {
+                        if let Some(aliases) = &schema_field.aliases {
+                            aliases.iter().find_map(|alias| lookup.get(alias))
+                        } else {
+                            None
                         }
-                    };
-
-                    encode_internal(
-                        value,
-                        &schema_field.schema,
-                        names,
-                        &record_namespace,
-                        buffer,
-                    )?;
+                    });
+
+                    if let Some(value) = value_opt {
+                        encode_internal(
+                            value,
+                            &schema_field.schema,
+                            names,
+                            &record_namespace,
+                            buffer,
+                        )?;
+                    } else {
+                        return Err(Error::NoEntryInLookupTable(
+                            name.clone(),
+                            format!("{lookup:?}"),
+                        ));
+                    }
                 }
             } else {
                 error!("invalid schema type for Record: {:?}", schema);
diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/src/error.rs b/lang/rust/avro/src/error.rs
index 7b27ad57b55..00a04c93130 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/src/error.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/src/error.rs
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("Signed decimal bytes length {0} not equal to fixed schema size {1}.")]
     EncodeDecimalAsFixedError(usize, usize),
 
-    #[error("There is no entry for {0} in the lookup table: {1}.")]
+    #[error("There is no entry for '{0}' in the lookup table: {1}.")]
     NoEntryInLookupTable(String, String),
 
     #[error("Can only encode value type {value_kind:?} as one of {supported_schema:?}")]
diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/src/schema.rs b/lang/rust/avro/src/schema.rs
index 914efe10e23..d2858722bd6 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/src/schema.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/src/schema.rs
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ impl RecordField {
         let mut custom_attributes: BTreeMap<String, Value> = BTreeMap::new();
         for (key, value) in field {
             match key.as_str() {
-                "type" | "name" | "doc" | "default" | "order" | "position" => continue,
+                "type" | "name" | "doc" | "default" | "order" | "position" | "aliases" => continue,
                 _ => custom_attributes.insert(key.clone(), value.clone()),
             };
         }
diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/src/schema_compatibility.rs b/lang/rust/avro/src/schema_compatibility.rs
index a15c18407ef..cafd250f7e0 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/src/schema_compatibility.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/src/schema_compatibility.rs
@@ -1038,4 +1038,49 @@ mod tests {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn avro_3894_take_aliases_into_account_when_serializing_for_schema_compatibility() -> TestResult
+    {
+        use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+        const RAW_SCHEMA_V1: &str = r#"
+        {
+            "type": "record",
+            "name": "Conference",
+            "namespace": "advdaba",
+            "fields": [
+                {"type": "string", "name": "name"},
+                {"type": "long", "name": "date"}
+            ]
+        }"#;
+        const RAW_SCHEMA_V2: &str = r#"
+        {
+            "type": "record",
+            "name": "Conference",
+            "namespace": "advdaba",
+            "fields": [
+                {"type": "string", "name": "name"},
+                {"type": "long", "name": "date", "aliases" : [ "time" ]}
+            ]
+        }"#;
+
+        #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+        pub struct Conference {
+            pub name: String,
+            pub date: i64,
+        }
+        #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+        pub struct ConferenceV2 {
+            pub name: String,
+            pub time: i64,
+        }
+
+        let schema_v1 = Schema::parse_str(RAW_SCHEMA_V1)?;
+        let schema_v2 = Schema::parse_str(RAW_SCHEMA_V2)?;
+
+        assert!(SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&schema_v1, &schema_v2));
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/src/writer.rs b/lang/rust/avro/src/writer.rs
index 8802ce604a9..d968d28e053 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/src/writer.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/src/writer.rs
@@ -1343,4 +1343,37 @@ mod tests {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn avro_3894_take_aliases_into_account_when_serializing() -> TestResult {
+        const SCHEMA: &str = r#"
+  {
+      "type": "record",
+      "name": "Conference",
+      "fields": [
+          {"type": "string", "name": "name"},
+          {"type": ["null", "long"], "name": "date", "aliases" : [ "time2", "time" ]}
+      ]
+  }"#;
+
+        #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Serialize)]
+        pub struct Conference {
+            pub name: String,
+            pub time: Option<i64>,
+        }
+
+        let conf = Conference {
+            name: "RustConf".to_string(),
+            time: Some(1234567890),
+        };
+
+        let schema = Schema::parse_str(SCHEMA)?;
+        let mut writer = Writer::new(&schema, Vec::new());
+
+        let bytes = writer.append_ser(conf)?;
+
+        assert_eq!(198, bytes);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }