diff --git a/app/views/projects/index.json.jbuilder b/app/views/projects/index.json.jbuilder
index 9082e6243..dd2516ca6 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/index.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/projects/index.json.jbuilder
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ json.projects do
     json.partial! 'project', project: project
     json.author do
       json.name project.owner.login
+      json.login project.owner.login
       json.image_url url_to_avatar(project.owner)
     end
     json.category do