diff --git a/lang/en/lang.php b/lang/en/lang.php
index 52835a76..9fa55423 100644
--- a/lang/en/lang.php
+++ b/lang/en/lang.php
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
         'updated_date' => 'Updated date',
         'published' => 'Published',
         'published_by' => 'Published by',
+        'current_user' => 'Current user',
         'published_date' => 'Published date',
         'published_validation' => 'Please specify the published date',
         'tab_edit' => 'Edit',
diff --git a/lang/nl/lang.php b/lang/nl/lang.php
index 2d00445b..9572bf76 100644
--- a/lang/nl/lang.php
+++ b/lang/nl/lang.php
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         'updated_date' => 'Bijgewerkt op',
         'published' => 'Gepubliceerd',
         'published_by' => 'Gepubliceerd door',
+        'current_user' => 'Huidige gebruiker',
         'published_date' => 'Gepubliceerd op',
         'published_validation' => 'Graag een publicatie datum opgeven',
         'tab_edit' => 'Bewerken',
diff --git a/models/Post.php b/models/Post.php
index 2e781d8c..869e7d0b 100644
--- a/models/Post.php
+++ b/models/Post.php
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ public function afterValidate()
 
     public function beforeSave()
     {
+        if (empty($this->user)) {
+            $user = BackendAuth::getUser();
+            $this->user = $user->id;
+        }
         $this->content_html = self::formatHtml($this->content);
     }
 
diff --git a/models/post/fields.yaml b/models/post/fields.yaml
index f29d0cec..e105cc4f 100644
--- a/models/post/fields.yaml
+++ b/models/post/fields.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ secondaryTabs:
             span: right
             type: relation
             nameFrom: login
+            emptyOption: rainlab.blog::lang.post.current_user
 
         published_at:
             tab: rainlab.blog::lang.post.tab_manage