diff --git a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
index b98c0b014e..05f5abb8cc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class IssuesController < ApplicationController
   def new
     @issue = @project.issues.new
     @issue.milestone_id = params[:milestone_id] if params[:milestone_id].present?
+    @issue.assignee_id = params[:assignee_id] if params[:assignee_id].present?
     respond_with(@issue)
   end