diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 864f6c9af953b2ec16b57cb08aa9e8c56826a3ff..af19148d23a59193ff7a86e3895c14041d22166e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ module ProjectsHelper
         link_to(simple_sanitize(project.group.name), group_path(project.group)) + " / " + project.name
       end
     else
-      project.name
+      owner = project.namespace.owner
+      content_tag :span do
+        link_to(simple_sanitize(owner.name), user_path(owner)) + " / " + project.name
+      end
     end
   end