diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db792e6968..2b1c5f58ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ The format is mostly based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1
 # Unreleased
 ## [18.x.x]
 ### Changed
+-  If items of feed do not provide an author fallback to feed author (#1803) 
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/lib/Fetcher/FeedFetcher.php b/lib/Fetcher/FeedFetcher.php
index 27421f525f..209722c97d 100755
--- a/lib/Fetcher/FeedFetcher.php
+++ b/lib/Fetcher/FeedFetcher.php
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public function fetch(
         $items = [];
         $RTL = $this->determineRtl($parsedFeed);
         $feedName = $parsedFeed->getTitle();
+        $feedAuthor = $parsedFeed->getAuthor();
         $this->logger->debug(
             'Feed {url} was modified since last fetch. #{count} items',
             [
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ public function fetch(
                 }
             }
 
-            $builtItem = $this->buildItem($item, $body, $currRTL);
+            $builtItem = $this->buildItem($item, $body, $currRTL, $feedAuthor);
             $this->logger->debug(
                 'Added item {title} for feed {feed} lastmodified: {datetime}',
                 [
@@ -226,11 +227,16 @@ protected function determineRtl(FeedInterface $parsedFeed): bool
      * @param ItemInterface $parsedItem The item to use
      * @param string|null   $body       Text of the item, if not provided use description from $parsedItem
      * @param bool          $RTL        True if the feed is RTL (Right-to-left)
+     * @param string|null   $feedAuthor Author of the feed as fallback when the item has no Author
      *
      * @return Item
      */
-    protected function buildItem(ItemInterface $parsedItem, ?string $body = null, bool $RTL = false): Item
-    {
+    protected function buildItem(
+        ItemInterface $parsedItem,
+        ?string $body = null,
+        bool $RTL = false,
+        $feedAuthor = null
+    ): Item {
         $item = new Item();
         $item->setUnread(true);
         $itemLink = $parsedItem->getLink();
@@ -272,7 +278,9 @@ protected function buildItem(ItemInterface $parsedItem, ?string $body = null, bo
         if ($itemTitle !== null) {
             $item->setTitle($this->decodeTwice($itemTitle));
         }
-        $author = $parsedItem->getAuthor();
+
+        $author = $parsedItem->getAuthor() ?? $feedAuthor;
+
         if ($author !== null && $author->getName() !== null) {
             $item->setAuthor($this->decodeTwice($author->getName()));
         }
diff --git a/tests/integration/feeds/no_guid_feed.xml b/tests/command/feeds/no_guid_feed.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/integration/feeds/no_guid_feed.xml
rename to tests/command/feeds/no_guid_feed.xml
diff --git a/tests/command/helpers/settings.bash b/tests/command/helpers/settings.bash
index bf58a601a8..d32924ceb4 100644
--- a/tests/command/helpers/settings.bash
+++ b/tests/command/helpers/settings.bash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 user=admin
 NC_FEED="https://nextcloud.com/blog/static-feed/"
 HEISE_FEED="https://www.heise.de/rss/heise-atom.xml"
-NO_GUID_FEED="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/news/master/tests/integration/feeds/no_guid_feed.xml"
+NO_GUID_FEED="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/news/master/tests/command/feeds/no_guid_feed.xml"
diff --git a/tests/command/items.bats b/tests/command/items.bats
index 22a4c73c74..8a71112994 100644
--- a/tests/command/items.bats
+++ b/tests/command/items.bats
@@ -82,3 +82,17 @@ teardown() {
     return $ret_status
   fi
 }
+
+@test "[$TESTSUITE] Test author fallback" {
+  ./occ news:feed:add "$user" $HEISE_FEED --title "Something-${BATS_SUITE_TEST_NUMBER}"
+  ID=$(./occ news:feed:list 'admin' | grep 'heise\.de' -1  | head -1 | grep -oE '[0-9]*')
+
+  run ./occ news:item:list-feed "$user" "$ID" --limit 200
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+  if ! echo "$output" | grep '"author": "heise online",'; then
+    ret_status=$?
+    echo "Author fallback did not work"
+    return $ret_status
+  fi
+}
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