diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/DtoBuilder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/DtoBuilder.cs
index f089b531cb..1fde6a2d8e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/DtoBuilder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/DtoBuilder.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library
                 dto.Studios = item.Studios;
             }
 
+            if (fields.Contains(ItemFields.Publishers))
+            {
+                dto.Publishers = item.Publishers;
+            }
+            
             if (fields.Contains(ItemFields.People))
             {
                 tasks.Add(AttachPeople(dto, item));
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/BaseItemDto.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/BaseItemDto.cs
index b4d6aecd9b..dd218b832e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/BaseItemDto.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/BaseItemDto.cs
@@ -432,6 +432,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dto
         /// <value>The overview HTML.</value>
         [ProtoMember(70)]
         public string OverviewHtml { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the publishers.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The publishers.</value>
+        [ProtoMember(71)]
+        public List<string> Publishers { get; set; }
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a value indicating whether this instance can resume.
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemFields.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemFields.cs
index 7e57f8f905..d693b5c532 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemFields.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemFields.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Querying
         /// </summary>
         PrimaryImageAspectRatio,
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The publishers
+        /// </summary>
+        Publishers,
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// AirDays, status, SeriesName, etc
         /// </summary>