diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
index f818e93f1..a99a92412 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
@@ -266,7 +266,12 @@ def export_branch(branch, name):
         tz = rev.timezone
         committer = rev.committer.encode('utf-8')
         committer = "%s %u %s" % (fixup_user(committer), time, gittz(tz))
-        author = committer
+        authors = rev.get_apparent_authors()
+        if authors:
+            author = authors[0].encode('utf-8')
+            author = "%s %u %s" % (fixup_user(author), time, gittz(tz))
+        else:
+            author = committer
         msg = rev.message.encode('utf-8')
 
         msg += '\n'
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
index f0672f618..1a9c8d775 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
@@ -164,4 +164,19 @@ test_expect_success 'moving directory' '
   test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'different authors' '
+  (cd bzrrepo &&
+  echo john >> content &&
+  bzr commit -m john \
+    --author "Jane Rey <jrey@example.com>" \
+    --author "John Doe <jdoe@example.com>") &&
+
+  (cd gitrepo &&
+  git pull &&
+  git show --format="%an <%ae>, %cn <%ce>" --quiet > ../actual) &&
+
+  echo "Jane Rey <jrey@example.com>, A U Thor <author@example.com>" > expected &&
+  test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done