diff --git a/providers/emimage/flickr.inc b/providers/emimage/flickr.inc
index 5ccd442..7823a65 100644
--- a/providers/emimage/flickr.inc
+++ b/providers/emimage/flickr.inc
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ function emimage_flickr_data($field, $item) {
   $xml = emimage_flickr_request('flickr.photos.getInfo', array('photo_id' => $item['value']));
 
   $data['owner'] = $xml['photo']['owner']['nsid'];
+  $data['author'] = $xml['photo']['owner']['username'];
   $data['title'] = $xml['photo']['title']['_content'];
   $data['description'] = $xml['photo']['description']['_content'];
   $data['tags'] = array();