diff --git a/CHANGELOG.develop b/CHANGELOG.develop
index c694ec2d7f7f..3f7e17bbb742 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.develop
+++ b/CHANGELOG.develop
@@ -655,6 +655,8 @@ Other:
     Sylvain Benner)
   - Changed ~SPC h d d~ to ~SPC h d a~ for =helm-apropos=, it's more mnemonic
     (thanks duianto, and thanks yuhan0 for the suggestion)
+  - Added ~SPC h d a~ for =counsel-apropos= (thanks duianto, and thanks yuhan0
+    for the suggestion)
   - Added profiling key bindings:
     - ~SPC h P k~ to stop the profiler
     - ~SPC h P r~ to display the profiler report
diff --git a/layers/+completion/ivy/packages.el b/layers/+completion/ivy/packages.el
index 13d6c71bb34f..5d0dbbfb790b 100644
--- a/layers/+completion/ivy/packages.el
+++ b/layers/+completion/ivy/packages.el
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
         "fL"  'counsel-locate
         ;; help
         "?"   'counsel-descbinds
+        "hda" 'counsel-apropos
         "hdf" 'counsel-describe-function
         "hdF" 'counsel-describe-face
         "hdm" 'spacemacs/describe-mode