diff --git a/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc b/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
index bab17d5..df1ca4b 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
@@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ class FeedsNodeProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
           $target_node->feeds['suppress_import'] = TRUE;
         }
         break;
+      case 'user_name':
+        if ($user = user_load_by_name($value)) {
+          $target_node->uid = $user->uid;
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'user_mail':
+        if ($user = user_load_by_mail($value)) {
+          $target_node->uid = $user->uid;
+        }
+        break;
       default:
         parent::setTargetElement($source, $target_node, $target_element, $value);
         break;
@@ -245,6 +255,14 @@ class FeedsNodeProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
         'name' => t('User ID'),
         'description' => t('The Drupal user ID of the node author.'),
       ),
+      'user_name' => array(
+        'name' => t('Username'),
+        'description' => t('The Drupal username of the node author.'),
+      ),
+      'user_mail' => array(
+        'name' => t('User email'),
+        'description' => t('The email address of the node author.'),
+      ),
       'status' => array(
         'name' => t('Published status'),
         'description' => t('Whether a node is published or not. 1 stands for published, 0 for not published.'),