diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/TaskApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/TaskApiController.php
index cead941fd910..c5d2682b142c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/TaskApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/TaskApiController.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TaskApiController extends BaseAPIController
     {
         $tasks = Task::scope()
                         ->withTrashed()
-                        ->with('client', 'invoice', 'project', 'task_status')
+                        ->with('client', 'invoice', 'project', 'task_status', 'user')
                         ->orderBy('updated_at', 'desc');
 
         return $this->listResponse($tasks);
diff --git a/app/Ninja/Transformers/TaskTransformer.php b/app/Ninja/Transformers/TaskTransformer.php
index 98b09fbbbfe9..cd04fc6ca8e1 100644
--- a/app/Ninja/Transformers/TaskTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Ninja/Transformers/TaskTransformer.php
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class TaskTransformer extends EntityTransformer
     {
         return array_merge($this->getDefaults($task), [
             'id' => (int) $task->public_id,
+            'user_id' => (int) $task->user->public_id,
+            'user' => $task->user->getDisplayName(),
             'description' => $task->description ?: '',
             'duration' => $task->getDuration() ?: 0,
             'updated_at' => (int) $this->getTimestamp($task->updated_at),