diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom.coffee
index 2c66a6c49..e43864afa 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_zoom.coffee
@@ -548,6 +548,13 @@ class App.TicketZoom extends App.Controller
               else
                 @sidebar.tagWidget.add(tag)
 
+        # apply user changes
+        else if attributes[1] is 'owner_id'
+          if content.pre_condition is 'current_user.id'
+            ticket[attributes[1]] = App.Session.get('id')
+          else
+            ticket[attributes[1]] = content.value
+
         # apply direct value changes
         else
           ticket[attributes[1]] = content.value
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 418860f9c..17abd8e95 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -1661,6 +1661,10 @@ Macro.create_if_not_exists(
       operator: 'add',
       value: 'spam',
     },
+    'ticket.owner_id' => {
+      pre_condition: 'current_user.id',
+      value: '',
+    },
   },
   note: 'example macro',
   active: true,