diff --git a/doc/variables.xml b/doc/variables.xml
index f570c85f..b4b48170 100644
--- a/doc/variables.xml
+++ b/doc/variables.xml
@@ -3521,7 +3521,7 @@
         (number) Basically, processes are ranked from highest to
         lowest in terms of cpu usage, which is what (num)
         represents. The types are: "name", "pid", "cpu", "mem",
-        "mem_res", "mem_vsize", "time", "io_perc", "io_read" and
+        "mem_res", "mem_vsize", "time", "uid", "user", "io_perc", "io_read" and
         "io_write". There can be a max of 10 processes listed. 
         <para /></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/top.c b/src/top.c
index c99987d3..58400b01 100644
--- a/src/top.c
+++ b/src/top.c
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ static int process_parse_stat(struct process *process)
 	int nice_val;
 	char *lparen, *rparen;
 
+	struct stat process_stat;
+
 	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), PROCFS_TEMPLATE, process->pid);
 
 	ps = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
@@ -218,6 +220,11 @@ static int process_parse_stat(struct process *process)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (fstat(ps, &process_stat) != 0){
+		return 1;
+	}
+	process->uid=process_stat.st_uid;
+
 	/* Mark process as up-to-date. */
 	process->time_stamp = g_time;
 
@@ -864,6 +871,10 @@ int parse_top_args(const char *s, const char *arg, struct text_object *obj)
 			td->type = TOP_MEM_RES;
 		} else if (strcmp(buf, "mem_vsize") == EQUAL) {
 			td->type = TOP_MEM_VSIZE;
+		} else if (strcmp(buf, "uid") == EQUAL) {
+			td->type = TOP_UID;
+		} else if (strcmp(buf, "user") == EQUAL) {
+			td->type = TOP_USER;
 #ifdef IOSTATS
 		} else if (strcmp(buf, "io_read") == EQUAL) {
 			td->type = TOP_READ_BYTES;
@@ -875,10 +886,10 @@ int parse_top_args(const char *s, const char *arg, struct text_object *obj)
 		} else {
 			NORM_ERR("invalid type arg for top");
 #ifdef IOSTATS
-			NORM_ERR("must be one of: name, cpu, pid, mem, time, mem_res, mem_vsize, "
+			NORM_ERR("must be one of: name, cpu, pid, mem, time, mem_res, mem_vsize, uid, user"
 					"io_read, io_write, io_perc");
 #else /* IOSTATS */
-			NORM_ERR("must be one of: name, cpu, pid, mem, time, mem_res, mem_vsize");
+			NORM_ERR("must be one of: name, cpu, pid, mem, time, mem_res, mem_vsize, uid, user");
 #endif /* IOSTATS */
 			free(td->s);
 			free(obj->data.opaque);
@@ -1024,6 +1035,14 @@ void print_top(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
 				human_readable(needed[td->num]->vsize,
 						p, p_max_size);
 				break;
+			case TOP_UID:
+				snprintf(p, p_max_size, "%5d", needed[td->num]->uid);
+				break;
+			case TOP_USER:
+				width = MIN(p_max_size, 9);
+				snprintf(p, width, "%.8s",
+						getpwuid(needed[td->num]->uid)->pw_name);
+				break;
 #ifdef IOSTATS
 			case TOP_READ_BYTES:
 				human_readable(needed[td->num]->read_bytes / update_interval,
diff --git a/src/top.h b/src/top.h
index ccccfcd7..7a45e730 100644
--- a/src/top.h
+++ b/src/top.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
 #include <regex.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
 
 /******************************************
  * Defines								  *
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ enum top_field {
 	TOP_TIME,
 	TOP_MEM_RES,
 	TOP_MEM_VSIZE,
+	TOP_UID,
+	TOP_USER,
 #ifdef IOSTATS
 	TOP_READ_BYTES,
 	TOP_WRITE_BYTES,
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ struct process {
 
 	pid_t pid;
 	char *name;
+	uid_t uid;
 	float amount;
 	// User and kernel times are in hundredths of seconds
 	unsigned long user_time;