diff --git a/src/applications/repository/worker/commitmessageparser/base/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitMessageParserWorker.php b/src/applications/repository/worker/commitmessageparser/base/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitMessageParserWorker.php
index 08deae8521..a5f522c2c1 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/worker/commitmessageparser/base/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitMessageParserWorker.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/worker/commitmessageparser/base/PhabricatorRepositoryCommitMessageParserWorker.php
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ abstract class PhabricatorRepositoryCommitMessageParserWorker
       $parser_obj->parseCommitDetails();
     }
 
+    $author_phid = $data->getCommitDetail('authorPHID');
+    if ($author_phid) {
+      $commit->setAuthorPHID($author_phid);
+      $commit->save();
+    }
+
     $data->save();
 
     $conn_w = id(new DifferentialRevision())->establishConnection('w');