diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.cpp
index bd230fe9c..277b11e4f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include "GxsCommentTreeWidget.h"
 
 #include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
+#include "gui/Identity/IdDialog.h"
+#include "gui/MainWindow.h"
 #include "gui/common/RSElidedItemDelegate.h"
 #include "gui/common/RSTreeWidgetItem.h"
 #include "gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.h"
@@ -346,6 +348,10 @@ void GxsCommentTreeWidget::customPopUpMenu(const QPoint& point)
 	action = contextMnu.addAction(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(IMAGE_VOTEDOWN), tr("Vote Down"), this, SLOT(voteDown()));
 	action->setDisabled(!item || mCurrentCommentMsgId.isNull() || mVoterId.isNull());
 
+	contextMnu.addSeparator();
+
+	action = contextMnu.addAction(tr("Show Author"), this, SLOT(showAuthor()));
+	action->setDisabled(!item || mCurrentCommentMsgId.isNull() || mVoterId.isNull());
 
 	if (!mCurrentCommentMsgId.isNull())
 	{
@@ -464,6 +470,19 @@ void GxsCommentTreeWidget::replyToComment()
 	pcc.exec();
 }
 
+
+void GxsCommentTreeWidget::showAuthor()
+{
+	/* window will destroy itself! */
+	IdDialog *idDialog = dynamic_cast<IdDialog*>(MainWindow::getPage(MainWindow::People));
+
+	if (!idDialog)
+		return ;
+
+	MainWindow::showWindow(MainWindow::People);
+	idDialog->navigate(RsGxsId(mCurrentCommentAuthorId));
+}
+
 void GxsCommentTreeWidget::copyComment()
 {
     QString txt = dynamic_cast<QAction*>(sender())->data().toString();
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.h
index 43a6f55a5..5f52459a9 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public slots:
 
     void makeComment();
     void replyToComment();
+    void showAuthor();
 
     void copyComment();