diff --git a/libs/backends/jack/jack_utils.cc b/libs/backends/jack/jack_utils.cc
index 0a5b3eb44d..9fb1e42352 100644
--- a/libs/backends/jack/jack_utils.cc
+++ b/libs/backends/jack/jack_utils.cc
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ namespace {
 	const char * const dummy_driver_command_line_name = X_("dummy");
 
 	// should we provide more "pretty" names like above?
+	const char * const alsaint_midi_driver_name = X_("alsa");
 	const char * const alsaseq_midi_driver_name = X_("seq");
 	const char * const alsaraw_midi_driver_name = X_("raw");
 	const char * const winmme_midi_driver_name = X_("winmme");
@@ -742,6 +743,13 @@ ARDOUR::get_jack_command_line_string (JackCommandLineOptions& options, string& c
 	}
 #endif
 
+	if (options.driver == alsa_driver_name) {
+		if (options.midi_driver == alsaint_midi_driver_name) {
+			args.push_back ("-I");
+			args.push_back ("alsa_midi");
+		}
+	}
+
 	string command_line_driver_name;
 
 	if (!get_jack_command_line_audio_driver_name (options.driver, command_line_driver_name)) {
@@ -852,9 +860,11 @@ ARDOUR::get_jack_command_line_string (JackCommandLineOptions& options, string& c
 
 	if (options.driver == alsa_driver_name || options.driver == coreaudio_driver_name) {
 
-		if (!options.midi_driver.empty() && options.midi_driver != get_none_string ()) {
-			args.push_back ("-X");
-			args.push_back (options.midi_driver);
+		if (options.midi_driver != alsaint_midi_driver_name) {
+			if (!options.midi_driver.empty() && options.midi_driver != get_none_string ()) {
+				args.push_back ("-X");
+				args.push_back (options.midi_driver);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -911,8 +921,9 @@ ARDOUR::enumerate_midi_options ()
 {
 	if (midi_options.empty()) {
 #ifdef HAVE_ALSA
-		midi_options.push_back (make_pair (_("ALSA raw devices"), alsaraw_midi_driver_name));
-		midi_options.push_back (make_pair (_("ALSA sequencer"), alsaseq_midi_driver_name));
+		midi_options.push_back (make_pair (_("ALSA"), alsaint_midi_driver_name));
+		midi_options.push_back (make_pair (_("(legacy) ALSA raw devices"), alsaraw_midi_driver_name));
+		midi_options.push_back (make_pair (_("(legacy) ALSA sequencer"), alsaseq_midi_driver_name));
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_PORTAUDIO
 		/* Windows folks: what name makes sense here? Are there other