diff --git a/include/feedutils.php b/include/feedutils.php
index 708532013..f1cee4194 100644
--- a/include/feedutils.php
+++ b/include/feedutils.php
@@ -1185,6 +1185,10 @@ function feed_meta($xml) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if(! $author['author_photo'])
+		$author['author_photo'] = $feed->get_image_url();
+
+
 	if(substr($author['author_link'],-1,1) == '/')
 		$author['author_link'] = substr($author['author_link'],0,-1);