diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 22aec62e2bf..f742b00bb7f 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ module ProjectsHelper
 
     author_html = author_html.html_safe
 
-    link_to(author_html, user_path(author), class: "author_link").html_safe
+    if opts[:name]
+      link_to(author_html, user_path(author), class: "author_link").html_safe
+    else
+      link_to(author_html, user_path(author), class: "author_link has_tooltip", data: { :'original-title' => sanitize(author.name) } ).html_safe
+    end
   end
 
   def project_title project