diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ca5f091..4b127a84 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ The above commands will start an interactive prompt. You can use the `arrow keys
 | --pr-description | Pull request description suffix                        |                | string  |
 | --pr-title       | Pull request title pattern                             |                | string  |
 | --pr             | Pull request to backport                               |                | number  |
+| --resetAuthor    | Set yourself as commit author                          |                | boolean |
 | --sha            | Sha of commit to backport                              |                | string  |
 | --upstream       | Name of organization and repository                    |                | string  |
 | --username       | Github username                                        |                | string  |
diff --git a/src/options/cliArgs.test.ts b/src/options/cliArgs.test.ts
index 188b9a06..2ce90600 100644
--- a/src/options/cliArgs.test.ts
+++ b/src/options/cliArgs.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ describe('getOptionsFromCliArgs', () => {
       multipleBranches: true,
       multipleCommits: false,
       prTitle: 'myPrTitle',
+      resetAuthor: false,
       sha: undefined,
       upstream: 'sqren/backport-demo',
       username: 'sqren'
diff --git a/src/options/cliArgs.ts b/src/options/cliArgs.ts
index a5f68dff..36d2ca38 100644
--- a/src/options/cliArgs.ts
+++ b/src/options/cliArgs.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ export function getOptionsFromCliArgs(
       type: 'number',
       alias: 'pr'
     })
+    .option('resetAuthor', {
+      default: false,
+      description: 'Set yourself as commit author',
+      type: 'boolean'
+    })
     .option('sha', {
       description: 'Commit sha to backport',
       type: 'string',
@@ -135,6 +140,7 @@ export function getOptionsFromCliArgs(
     prTitle: cliArgs.prTitle,
     prDescription: cliArgs.prDescription,
     pullNumber: cliArgs.pullNumber,
+    resetAuthor: cliArgs.resetAuthor,
     sha: cliArgs.sha,
     upstream: cliArgs.upstream,
     username: cliArgs.username
diff --git a/src/options/options.test.ts b/src/options/options.test.ts
index 514dfe21..e75a9865 100644
--- a/src/options/options.test.ts
+++ b/src/options/options.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const validOptions: OptionsFromCliArgs = {
   prDescription: undefined,
   prTitle: 'myPrTitle',
   pullNumber: undefined,
+  resetAuthor: false,
   sha: undefined,
   upstream: 'elastic/kibana',
   username: 'sqren'
diff --git a/src/services/git.ts b/src/services/git.ts
index 0eeeb40d..8465f3d0 100644
--- a/src/services/git.ts
+++ b/src/services/git.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ export function cherrypick(options: BackportOptions, commitSha: string) {
   );
 }
 
+export function setCommitAuthor(options: BackportOptions, username: string) {
+  return exec(
+    `git commit --amend --no-edit --author "${username} <${username}@users.noreply.github.com>"`,
+    {
+      cwd: getRepoPath(options)
+    }
+  );
+}
+
 export async function isIndexDirty(options: BackportOptions) {
   try {
     await exec(`git diff-index --quiet HEAD --`, {
diff --git a/src/steps/doBackportVersions.ts b/src/steps/doBackportVersions.ts
index aae3c357..cd5e8ead 100644
--- a/src/steps/doBackportVersions.ts
+++ b/src/steps/doBackportVersions.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import {
   deleteFeatureBranch,
   isIndexDirty,
   pushFeatureBranch,
-  getRemoteName
+  getRemoteName,
+  setCommitAuthor
 } from '../services/git';
 import { confirmPrompt } from '../services/prompts';
 import { createPullRequest } from '../services/github/createPullRequest';
@@ -66,6 +67,13 @@ export async function doBackportVersion(
     cherrypickAndConfirm(options, commit.sha)
   );
 
+  if (options.resetAuthor) {
+    await withSpinner(
+      { text: `Changing author to "${options.username}"` },
+      () => setCommitAuthor(options, options.username)
+    );
+  }
+
   const headBranchName = getHeadBranchName(options, featureBranch);
 
   await withSpinner({ text: `Pushing branch "${headBranchName}"` }, () =>
diff --git a/src/steps/steps.test.ts b/src/steps/steps.test.ts
index e8334976..02f2dc4b 100644
--- a/src/steps/steps.test.ts
+++ b/src/steps/steps.test.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ describe('run through steps', () => {
       pullNumber: undefined,
       repoName: 'kibana',
       repoOwner: 'elastic',
+      resetAuthor: false,
       sha: undefined,
       username: 'sqren'
     };