diff --git a/contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el b/contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el
index 44ee8db4a..a3ba2740e 100644
--- a/contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el
+++ b/contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ communication channel."
   (if (> (org-export-get-relative-level headline info) 1)
       (org-export-data-with-backend headline 'html info)
     (unless (org-element-property :footnote-section-p headline)
-      (let* ((author (and (plist-get info :with-author)
+      (let* ((email (org-export-data (plist-get info :email) info))
+	     (author (and (plist-get info :with-author)
 			  (let ((auth (plist-get info :author)))
 			    (and auth (org-export-data auth info)))))
 	     (htmlext (plist-get info :html-extension))
@@ -275,13 +276,13 @@ communication channel."
 	    "<item>\n"
 	    "<title>%s</title>\n"
 	    "<link>%s</link>\n"
-	    "<author>%s</author>\n"
+	    "<author>%s (%s)</author>\n"
 	    "<guid isPermaLink=\"false\">%s</guid>\n"
 	    "<pubDate>%s</pubDate>\n"
 	    (org-rss-build-categories headline info) "\n"
 	    "<description><![CDATA[%s]]></description>\n"
 	    "</item>\n")
-	   title publink author guid pubdate contents))))))
+	   title publink email author guid pubdate contents))))))
 
 (defun org-rss-build-categories (headline info)
   "Build categories for the RSS item."