diff --git a/pagure/templates/repo_info.html b/pagure/templates/repo_info.html
index dc9aa11..da2e901 100644
--- a/pagure/templates/repo_info.html
+++ b/pagure/templates/repo_info.html
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
     <ul>
       {% for commit in last_commits %}
       <li>
+        {{ commit.author | author2avatar(20) | safe }}
         <a href="{{ url_for('view_commit', username=username,
                 repo=repo.name, commitid=commit.hex) }}">
             <span class="commitid">{{ commit.hex|short }}</span>
diff --git a/pagure/ui/filters.py b/pagure/ui/filters.py
index bc7b930..7f5da51 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/filters.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/filters.py
@@ -250,3 +250,13 @@ def author_to_user(author, size=16):
             author.name,
         )
     return output
+
+
+@APP.template_filter('author2avatar')
+def author_to_user(author, size=32):
+    """ Template filter transforming a pygit2 Author object into a text
+    either with just the username or linking to the user in pagure.
+    """
+    user = pagure.lib.search_user(SESSION, email=author.email)
+    output = user.user if user else author.name
+    return avatar(output, size)