diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp
index c21cb10777..c4db66e12a 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp
@@ -58,9 +58,14 @@ static QString credits()
 			line = ts.readLine();
 			if (line.startsWith("@b"))
 				out << "<b>" << line.mid(2) << "</b>";
-			else if (line.startsWith("@i"))
+			else if (line.startsWith("@i")) {
+				if (line.startsWith("@iE-mail")) {
+					// unmask email
+					line.replace(QString(" () "), QString("@"));
+					line.replace(QString(" ! "), QString("."));
+				}
 				out << "<i>" << line.mid(2) << "</i>";
-			else
+			} else
 				out << line;
 			out << "<br>";
 		} while (!line.isNull());
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index 30a0bfb0c6..88da5f7928 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix double blinking cursors in Graphics/Nomenclature dialogs (bug 3852).
 
+- Fix display of e-mail addresses in the About LyX dialog.
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION