diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex
index a662f83b6..a100a1127 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ def render("user.json", %{user: user = %User{}} = assigns) do
       "statusnet_blocking" => statusnet_blocking,
       "friends_count" => user_info[:following_count],
       "id" => user.id,
-      "name" => user.name,
-      "name_html" => HTML.strip_tags(user.name) |> Formatter.emojify(emoji),
+      "name" => user.name || user.nickname,
+      "name_html" =>
+        if(user.name,
+          do: HTML.strip_tags(user.name) |> Formatter.emojify(emoji),
+          else: user.nickname
+        ),
       "profile_image_url" => image,
       "profile_image_url_https" => image,
       "profile_image_url_profile_size" => image,
diff --git a/test/web/twitter_api/views/user_view_test.exs b/test/web/twitter_api/views/user_view_test.exs
index 2deb22fb1..2c583c0d3 100644
--- a/test/web/twitter_api/views/user_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/twitter_api/views/user_view_test.exs
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.UserViewTest do
     [user: user]
   end
 
+  test "A user with only a nickname", %{user: user} do
+    user = %{user | name: nil, nickname: "scarlett@catgirl.science"}
+    represented = UserView.render("show.json", %{user: user})
+    assert represented["name"] == user.nickname
+    assert represented["name_html"] == user.nickname
+  end
+
   test "A user with an avatar object", %{user: user} do
     image = "image"
     user = %{user | avatar: %{"url" => [%{"href" => image}]}}