diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/packet/MUCItem.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/packet/MUCItem.java
index 830c2cb85..9cbc6cd3a 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/packet/MUCItem.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/packet/MUCItem.java
@@ -35,32 +35,33 @@ public class MUCItem implements NamedElement {
     private final MUCAffiliation affiliation;
     private final MUCRole role;
     private final Jid actor;
+    private final Resourcepart actorNick;
     private final String reason;
     private final Jid jid;
     private final Resourcepart nick;
 
     public MUCItem(MUCAffiliation affiliation) {
-        this(affiliation, null, null, null, null, null);
+        this(affiliation, null, null, null, null, null, null);
     }
 
     public MUCItem(MUCRole role) {
-        this(null, role, null, null, null, null);
+        this(null, role, null, null, null, null, null);
     }
 
     public MUCItem(MUCRole role, Resourcepart nick) {
-        this(null, role, null, null, null, nick);
+        this(null, role, null, null, null, nick, null);
     }
 
     public MUCItem(MUCAffiliation affiliation, Jid jid, String reason) {
-        this(affiliation, null, null, reason, jid, null);
+        this(affiliation, null, null, reason, jid, null, null);
     }
 
     public MUCItem(MUCAffiliation affiliation, Jid jid) {
-        this(affiliation, null, null, null, jid, null);
+        this(affiliation, null, null, null, jid, null, null);
     }
 
     public MUCItem(MUCRole role, Resourcepart nick, String reason) {
-        this(null, role, null, reason, null, nick);
+        this(null, role, null, reason, null, nick, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -72,15 +73,17 @@ public class MUCItem implements NamedElement {
      * @param reason
      * @param jid
      * @param nick
+     * @param actorNick
      */
     public MUCItem(MUCAffiliation affiliation, MUCRole role, Jid actor,
-                    String reason, Jid jid, Resourcepart nick) {
+                    String reason, Jid jid, Resourcepart nick, Resourcepart actorNick) {
         this.affiliation = affiliation;
         this.role = role;
         this.actor = actor;
         this.reason = reason;
         this.jid = jid;
         this.nick = nick;
+        this.actorNick = actorNick;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -92,6 +95,16 @@ public class MUCItem implements NamedElement {
         return actor;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the nickname of the actor.
+     *
+     * @return the nickname of the actor.
+     * @since 4.2
+     */
+    public Resourcepart getActorNick() {
+        return actorNick;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the reason for the item child. The reason is optional and could be used to explain
      * the reason why a user (occupant) was kicked or banned.
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/provider/MUCParserUtils.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/provider/MUCParserUtils.java
index 25c0be677..67f4dd77d 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/provider/MUCParserUtils.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/muc/provider/MUCParserUtils.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class MUCParserUtils {
         MUCRole role = MUCRole.fromString(parser.getAttributeValue("", "role"));
         Jid jid = ParserUtils.getJidAttribute(parser);
         Jid actor = null;
+        Resourcepart actorNick = null;
         String reason = null;
         outerloop: while (true) {
             int eventType = parser.next();
@@ -46,6 +47,13 @@ public class MUCParserUtils {
                 switch (name) {
                 case "actor":
                     actor = ParserUtils.getJidAttribute(parser);
+                    // TODO change to
+                    // actorNick = Resourcepart.from(parser.getAttributeValue("", "nick"));
+                    // once a newer version of JXMPP is used that supports from(null).
+                    String actorNickString = parser.getAttributeValue("", "nick");
+                    if (actorNickString != null) {
+                        actorNick = Resourcepart.from(actorNickString);
+                    }
                     break;
                 case "reason":
                     reason = parser.nextText();
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ public class MUCParserUtils {
                 break;
             }
         }
-        return new MUCItem(affiliation, role, actor, reason, jid, nick);
+        return new MUCItem(affiliation, role, actor, reason, jid, nick, actorNick);
     }
 
     public static Destroy parseDestroy(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {