diff --git a/apply_issue.py b/apply_issue.py
index b4ad8946f..690db0d32 100755
--- a/apply_issue.py
+++ b/apply_issue.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def main():
     scm_obj = checkout.SvnCheckout(full_dir, None, None, None, None)
   elif scm_type == 'git':
     scm_obj = checkout.GitCheckout(full_dir, None, None, None, None,
-                                   base_ref=options.base_ref)
+                                   base_ref=options.base_ref,)
   elif scm_type == None:
     scm_obj = checkout.RawCheckout(full_dir, None, None)
   else:
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ def main():
 
   print('\nApplying the patch.')
   try:
-    scm_obj.apply_patch(patchset, verbose=True)
+    scm_obj.apply_patch(
+        patchset, verbose=True,
+        email=properties.get('owner_email', 'chrome-bot@chromium.org'),
+        name=properties.get('owner', 'chrome-bot'))
   except checkout.PatchApplicationFailed, e:
     print(str(e))
     print('CWD=%s' % os.getcwd())
diff --git a/checkout.py b/checkout.py
index cc570082c..2c9c68a7f 100644
--- a/checkout.py
+++ b/checkout.py
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ class CheckoutBase(object):
     """
     raise NotImplementedError()
 
-  def apply_patch(self, patches, post_processors=None, verbose=False):
+  def apply_patch(self, patches, post_processors=None, verbose=False,
+                  name=None, email=None):
     """Applies a patch and returns the list of modified files.
 
     This function should throw patch.UnsupportedPatchFormat or
@@ -165,7 +166,8 @@ class RawCheckout(CheckoutBase):
     """Stubbed out."""
     pass
 
-  def apply_patch(self, patches, post_processors=None, verbose=False):
+  def apply_patch(self, patches, post_processors=None, verbose=False,
+                  name=None, email=None):
     """Ignores svn properties."""
     post_processors = post_processors or self.post_processors or []
     for p in patches:
@@ -349,7 +351,8 @@ class SvnCheckout(CheckoutBase, SvnMixIn):
           (self.project_name, self.project_path))
     return self._revert(revision)
 
-  def apply_patch(self, patches, post_processors=None, verbose=False):
+  def apply_patch(self, patches, post_processors=None, verbose=False,
+                  name=None, email=None):
     post_processors = post_processors or self.post_processors or []
     for p in patches:
       stdout = []
@@ -628,7 +631,8 @@ class GitCheckout(CheckoutBase):
     """Gets the current revision (in unicode) from the local branch."""
     return unicode(self._check_output_git(['rev-parse', 'HEAD']).strip())
 
-  def apply_patch(self, patches, post_processors=None, verbose=False):
+  def apply_patch(self, patches, post_processors=None, verbose=False, 
+                  name=None, email=None):
     """Applies a patch on 'working_branch' and switches to it.
 
     Also commits the changes on the local branch.
@@ -708,6 +712,9 @@ class GitCheckout(CheckoutBase):
     # Once all the patches are processed and added to the index, commit the
     # index.
     cmd = ['commit', '-m', 'Committed patch']
+    if name and email:
+      author = '%s <%s>' % (name, email)
+      cmd.extend(['--author', author])
     if verbose:
       cmd.append('--verbose')
     self._check_call_git(cmd)
@@ -818,7 +825,8 @@ class ReadOnlyCheckout(object):
   def get_settings(self, key):
     return self.checkout.get_settings(key)
 
-  def apply_patch(self, patches, post_processors=None, verbose=False):
+  def apply_patch(self, patches, post_processors=None, verbose=False,
+                  name=None, email=None):
     return self.checkout.apply_patch(
         patches, post_processors or self.post_processors, verbose)