diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index 1d813868ae..5202f3ac2b 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -146,6 +146,24 @@ topicsController.get = function (req, res, callback) {
 				next(null, data.topicData);
 			});
 		},
+		function (topicData, next) {
+			if (!topicData.deleterUid) {
+				return next(null, topicData);
+			}
+
+			user.getUserFields(topicData.deleterUid, ['username', 'userslug'], function(err, deleter) {
+				if (err) {
+					return next(err);
+				}
+
+				topicData.deleter = deleter;
+				topicData.deleter.timestampISO = topicData.deletedTimestampISO
+				delete topicData.deleterUid;
+				delete topicData.deletedTimestampISO;
+
+				next(null, topicData);
+			});
+		},
 		function (topicData, next) {
 			function findPost(index) {
 				for (var i = 0; i < topicData.posts.length; i += 1) {
diff --git a/src/topics/data.js b/src/topics/data.js
index cf1df2787c..17e060f679 100644
--- a/src/topics/data.js
+++ b/src/topics/data.js
@@ -86,4 +86,8 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	Topics.deleteTopicField = function (tid, field, callback) {
 		db.deleteObjectField('topic:' + tid, field, callback);
 	};
+
+	Topics.deleteTopicFields = function (tid, fields, callback) {
+		db.deleteObjectFields('topic:' + tid, fields, callback);
+	};
 };
diff --git a/src/topics/delete.js b/src/topics/delete.js
index 7fdd0bc1a7..b23cfbd513 100644
--- a/src/topics/delete.js
+++ b/src/topics/delete.js
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 
 			async.parallel([
 				function (next) {
-					Topics.setTopicField(tid, 'deleted', 1, next);
+					Topics.setTopicFields(tid, {
+						deleted: 1,
+						deleterUid: uid,
+						deletedTimestampISO: (new Date()).toISOString()
+					}, next);
 				},
 				function (next) {
 					db.sortedSetsRemove(['topics:recent', 'topics:posts', 'topics:views'], tid, next);
@@ -47,6 +51,9 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 				function (next) {
 					Topics.setTopicField(tid, 'deleted', 0, next);
 				},
+				function (next) {
+					Topics.deleteTopicFields(tid, ['deleterUid', 'deletedTimestampISO'], next);
+				},
 				function (next) {
 					Topics.updateRecent(tid, topicData.lastposttime, next);
 				},