diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 7799b26a6..f1a493079 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 * Add loading indicator on tag pages, remove the second one from the profile page [#4041](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/4041)
 * Leaving the `to` field blank when sending a private message causes a server error [#4227](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/4227)
 * Fix hashtags that start a line when posting to Facebook or Twitter [#3768](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/3768) [#4154](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/4154)
+* Show avatar of recent user in conversation list [#4237](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/4237)
 
 ## Features
 
diff --git a/app/views/conversations/_conversation.haml b/app/views/conversations/_conversation.haml
index 9a165a43e..c72314944 100644
--- a/app/views/conversations/_conversation.haml
+++ b/app/views/conversations/_conversation.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   .stream_element.conversation{:data=>{:guid=>conversation.id}, :class => ('unread' if unread_counts[conversation.id].to_i > 0)}
     .media
       .img
-        = person_image_tag(conversation.author)
+        - if authors[conversation.id].present?
+          = person_image_tag(authors[conversation.id])
 
       .bg
         = render(:partial => 'conversation_subject',