diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/posts.js b/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/posts.js
index 24b5b8c553..59dcffa231 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/posts.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/posts.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ const allowedIncludes = [
     'sentiment',
     'count.positive_feedback',
     'count.negative_feedback',
-    'post_revisions'
+    'post_revisions',
+    'post_revisions.author'
 ];
 const unsafeAttrs = ['status', 'authors', 'visibility'];
 
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/utils/serializers/input/posts.js b/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/utils/serializers/input/posts.js
index 3c5dd77f85..8898c349fd 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/utils/serializers/input/posts.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/utils/serializers/input/posts.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function defaultRelations(frame) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    frame.options.withRelated = ['tags', 'authors', 'authors.roles', 'email', 'tiers', 'newsletter', 'count.clicks', 'post_revisions'];
+    frame.options.withRelated = ['tags', 'authors', 'authors.roles', 'email', 'tiers', 'newsletter', 'count.clicks', 'post_revisions', 'post_revisions.author'];
 }
 
 function setDefaultOrder(frame) {
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/models/post-revision.js b/ghost/core/core/server/models/post-revision.js
index b9c9c305ec..9d5b6bb299 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/models/post-revision.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/models/post-revision.js
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 const ghostBookshelf = require('./base');
+const _ = require('lodash');
 
 const PostRevision = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
-    tableName: 'post_revisions'
-}, {
+    tableName: 'post_revisions',
+
+    relationships: ['author'],
+
+    author() {
+        return this.belongsTo('User', 'author_id');
+    },
+
     permittedOptions(methodName) {
         let options = ghostBookshelf.Model.permittedOptions.call(this, methodName);
         const validOptions = {
@@ -16,6 +23,14 @@ const PostRevision = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
         return options;
     },
 
+    defaultRelations: function defaultRelations(methodName, options) {
+        if (['edit', 'add', 'destroy'].indexOf(methodName) !== -1) {
+            options.withRelated = _.union(['author'], options.withRelated || []);
+        }
+
+        return options;
+    },
+
     orderDefaultRaw() {
         return 'created_at_ts DESC';
     },
@@ -23,9 +38,9 @@ const PostRevision = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
     toJSON(unfilteredOptions) {
         const options = PostRevision.filterOptions(unfilteredOptions, 'toJSON');
         const attrs = ghostBookshelf.Model.prototype.toJSON.call(this, options);
-
         // CASE: only for internal accuracy
         delete attrs.created_at_ts;
+        delete attrs.author_id;
         return attrs;
     }
 });
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/models/post.js b/ghost/core/core/server/models/post.js
index 69a66ff991..6af0f4e01b 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/models/post.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/models/post.js
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ Post = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
      */
     defaultRelations: function defaultRelations(methodName, options) {
         if (['edit', 'add', 'destroy'].indexOf(methodName) !== -1) {
-            options.withRelated = _.union(['authors', 'tags', 'post_revisions'], options.withRelated || []);
+            options.withRelated = _.union(['authors', 'tags', 'post_revisions', 'post_revisions.author'], options.withRelated || []);
         }
 
         const META_ATTRIBUTES = _.without(ghostBookshelf.model('PostsMeta').prototype.permittedAttributes(), 'id', 'post_id');
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap
index cbd9127b5a..d252b8bf01 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ exports[`Posts API Create Can create a post with lexical 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "4574",
+  "content-length": "5241",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ exports[`Posts API Update Can update a post with lexical 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "4511",
+  "content-length": "5178",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ exports[`Posts API Update Can update a post with lexical 4: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "5044",
+  "content-length": "6378",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,