diff --git a/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml b/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml
index 9bb74fd..8d07ae1 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/issues/_form.rhtml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 <% end %>
 
 <div id="issue_descr_fields" <%= 'style="display:none"' unless @issue.new_record? || @issue.errors.any? %>>
+<% if @issue.new_record? %>
+<p><label for="user_name"><%= l(:field_author) %><span class="required"> *</span></label><%= text_field_with_auto_complete :user, :name, {:size => 50, :style => 'width: 230px'}, {:method => 'get', :skip_style => true, :url => {:action => "auto_complete_for_user_name", 
+:project => @issue.project}} -%></p>
+<% end %>
 <p><%= f.text_field :subject, :size => 80, :required => true %></p>
 <p><%= f.text_area :description, :required => true,
                    :cols => 60,