diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 1056075545..abcb05b6ba 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ do
 			echo "Patch is empty.  Was it split wrong?"
 			stop_here $this
 		}
-		rm -f "$dotest/original-commit"
+		rm -f "$dotest/original-commit" "$dotest/author-script"
 		if test -f "$dotest/rebasing" &&
 			commit=$(sed -e 's/^From \([0-9a-f]*\) .*/\1/' \
 				-e q "$dotest/$msgnum") &&
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ do
 			git cat-file commit "$commit" |
 			sed -e '1,/^$/d' >"$dotest/msg-clean"
 			echo "$commit" > "$dotest/original-commit"
+			get_author_ident_from_commit "$commit" > "$dotest/author-script"
 		else
 			{
 				sed -n '/^Subject/ s/Subject: //p' "$dotest/info"
@@ -613,9 +614,14 @@ do
 		;;
 	esac
 
-	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$(sed -n '/^Author/ s/Author: //p' "$dotest/info")"
-	GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$(sed -n '/^Email/ s/Email: //p' "$dotest/info")"
-	GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="$(sed -n '/^Date/ s/Date: //p' "$dotest/info")"
+	if test -f "$dotest/author-script"
+	then
+		eval $(cat "$dotest/author-script")
+	else
+		GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="$(sed -n '/^Author/ s/Author: //p' "$dotest/info")"
+		GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="$(sed -n '/^Email/ s/Email: //p' "$dotest/info")"
+		GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="$(sed -n '/^Date/ s/Date: //p' "$dotest/info")"
+	fi
 
 	if test -z "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
 	then
diff --git a/t/t3400-rebase.sh b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
index dbf7dfba9b..c41bcc7d63 100755
--- a/t/t3400-rebase.sh
+++ b/t/t3400-rebase.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ among other things.
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=bogus_email_address
-export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
+GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=author@name
+GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=bogus@email@address
+export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
 
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare repository with topic branches' \
@@ -80,6 +81,10 @@ test_expect_success \
     'the rebase operation should not have destroyed author information' \
     '! (git log | grep "Author:" | grep "<>")'
 
+test_expect_success \
+    'the rebase operation should not have destroyed author information (2)' \
+    "git log -1 | grep 'Author: $GIT_AUTHOR_NAME <$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL>'"
+
 test_expect_success 'HEAD was detached during rebase' '
      test $(git rev-parse HEAD@{1}) != $(git rev-parse my-topic-branch@{1})
 '