diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index ac8fc5b5d3a905a73f07e8fe07e29eca6a76f24a..2d0a96cc7755bd70b9db952fece2744f9db05fa0 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-11-25  Jan Tatarik  <jan.tatarik@gmail.com>
+
+	* gnus-icalendar.el (gnus-icalendar-event-from-ical): Fix bug causing
+	the first required event participant to be omitted.
+
 2013-11-21  Jan Tatarik  <jan.tatarik@gmail.com>
 
 	* gnus-icalendar.el (gnus-icalendar-additional-identities): New.
diff --git a/lisp/gnus-icalendar.el b/lisp/gnus-icalendar.el
index 56c56f3dd466975da7b23edd257058ff63fb8bfd..ef7bdb890dd531b6f88d5fda7b2bd09eb7c8c3e7 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus-icalendar.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus-icalendar.el
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
                                     "TRUE")
                      :participation-required (string= (plist-get (cadr attendee) 'ROLE)
                                                       "REQ-PARTICIPANT")
-                     :req-participants (cdar attendee-names)
+                     :req-participants (car attendee-names)
                      :opt-participants (cadr attendee-names)))
          (event-class (cond
                        ((string= method "REQUEST") 'gnus-icalendar-event-request)