diff --git a/ethcore/src/engines/authority_round.rs b/ethcore/src/engines/authority_round.rs
index c6c41c5f8..84c1df8fc 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/engines/authority_round.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/engines/authority_round.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,10 @@ fn verify_external(header: &Header, validators: &ValidatorSet, step: &Step) -> R
 	} else {
 		let proposer_signature = header_signature(header)?;
 		let correct_proposer = validators.get(header.parent_hash(), header_step);
-		if !verify_address(&correct_proposer, &proposer_signature, &header.bare_hash())? {
+		let is_invalid_proposer = *header.author() != correct_proposer ||
+			!verify_address(&correct_proposer, &proposer_signature, &header.bare_hash())?;
+
+		if is_invalid_proposer {
 			trace!(target: "engine", "verify_block_unordered: bad proposer for step: {}", header_step);
 			Err(EngineError::NotProposer(Mismatch { expected: correct_proposer, found: header.author().clone() }))?
 		} else {
diff --git a/ethcore/src/engines/basic_authority.rs b/ethcore/src/engines/basic_authority.rs
index 008a63424..75a4806b8 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/engines/basic_authority.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/engines/basic_authority.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ fn verify_external(header: &Header, validators: &ValidatorSet) -> Result<(), Err
 	let sig = UntrustedRlp::new(&header.seal()[0]).as_val::<H520>()?;
 	let signer = public_to_address(&recover(&sig.into(), &header.bare_hash())?);
 
+	if *header.author() != signer {
+		return Err(EngineError::NotAuthorized(*header.author()).into())
+	}
+
 	match validators.contains(header.parent_hash(), &signer) {
 		false => Err(BlockError::InvalidSeal.into()),
 		true => Ok(())
diff --git a/ethcore/src/engines/mod.rs b/ethcore/src/engines/mod.rs
index e0000f4cc..7d3963eac 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/engines/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/engines/mod.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub const DEFAULT_BLOCKHASH_CONTRACT: &'static str = "73ffffffffffffffffffffffff
 /// Voting errors.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum EngineError {
-	/// Signature does not belong to an authority.
+	/// Signature or author field does not belong to an authority.
 	NotAuthorized(Address),
 	/// The same author issued different votes at the same step.
 	DoubleVote(Address),