diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 3d94f50cf..cc6d0fb79 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -6074,7 +6074,9 @@ sub git_feed {
 		print "<title>$title</title>\n" .
 		      "<link>$alt_url</link>\n" .
 		      "<description>$descr</description>\n" .
-		      "<language>en</language>\n";
+		      "<language>en</language>\n" .
+		      # project owner is responsible for 'editorial' content
+		      "<managingEditor>$owner</managingEditor>\n";
 		if (defined $logo || defined $favicon) {
 			# prefer the logo to the favicon, since RSS
 			# doesn't allow both