diff --git a/src/postorius/doc/development.rst b/src/postorius/doc/development.rst
index 14e1240..86c153d 100644
--- a/src/postorius/doc/development.rst
+++ b/src/postorius/doc/development.rst
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 
     >>> mailman_dev = client.get_list('mailman-developers@python.org')
     >>> print mailman_dev settings
-    {u'owner_address': u'mailman-developers@python.org', 
+    {u'description': u'Mailman development', 
      u'default_nonmember_action': u'hold', ...}
 
 For detailed information how to use mailman.client, check out its documentation_.
diff --git a/src/postorius/doc/news.rst b/src/postorius/doc/news.rst
index 5e687c1..fdd90d7 100644
--- a/src/postorius/doc/news.rst
+++ b/src/postorius/doc/news.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
 * French translation. Provided by Guillaume Libersat
 * Addedd an improved test harness using WebTest. Contributed by Aurélien Bompard.
-* Show error message in login view. Contributed by Aurélien Bompard.
+* Show error message in login view. Contributed by Aurélien Bompard (LP: 1094829).
+* Fix adding the a list owner on list creation. Contributed by Aurélien Bompard (LP: 1175967).
 
 
 1.0 beta 1 -- "Year of the Parrot"
diff --git a/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_list_new.py b/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_list_new.py
index 8df4373..187c232 100644
--- a/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_list_new.py
+++ b/src/postorius/tests/mailman_api_tests/test_list_new.py
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@
         self.client.post(reverse('list_new'), post_data)
         a_new_list = self.mm_client.get_list('a_new_list@example.com')
         self.assertEqual(a_new_list.fqdn_listname, u'a_new_list@example.com')
+        self.assertEqual(a_new_list.owners, [u'owner@example.com'])
diff --git a/src/postorius/views/list.py b/src/postorius/views/list.py
index 3bf9532..f2969c7 100644
--- a/src/postorius/views/list.py
+++ b/src/postorius/views/list.py
@@ -306,10 +306,9 @@
             try:
                 mailing_list = domain.create_list(
                     form.cleaned_data['listname'])
+                mailing_list.add_owner(form.cleaned_data['list_owner'])
                 list_settings = mailing_list.settings
                 list_settings["description"] = form.cleaned_data['description']
-                list_settings["owner_address"] = \
-                    form.cleaned_data['list_owner']
                 list_settings["advertised"] = form.cleaned_data['advertised']
                 list_settings.save()
                 messages.success(request, _("List created"))