diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/gerrit.py b/bugwarrior/services/gerrit.py
index bfaf26233..58d1be37e 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/gerrit.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/gerrit.py
@@ -135,7 +135,12 @@ def build_url(self, change):
     def annotations(self, change):
         entries = []
         for item in change['messages']:
-            username = item['author']['username']
+            for key in ['name', 'username', 'email']:
+                if key in item['author']:
+                    username = item['author'][key]
+                    break
+            else:
+                username = item['author']['_account_id']
             # Gerrit messages are really messy
             message = item['message']\
                 .lstrip('Patch Set ')\