diff --git a/src/mimeparser.rs b/src/mimeparser.rs
index 1036cbb06..474ecd354 100644
--- a/src/mimeparser.rs
+++ b/src/mimeparser.rs
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ impl MimeMessage {
             None
         };
 
-        let public_keyring = if incoming {
+        let mut public_keyring = if incoming {
             if let Some(autocrypt_header) = autocrypt_header {
                 vec![autocrypt_header.public_key]
             } else {
@@ -437,6 +437,44 @@ impl MimeMessage {
             key::load_self_public_keyring(context).await?
         };
 
+        if let Some(signature) = match &decrypted_msg {
+            Some(pgp::composed::Message::Literal { .. }) => None,
+            Some(pgp::composed::Message::Compressed { .. }) => {
+                // One layer of compression should already be handled by now.
+                // We don't decompress messages compressed multiple times.
+                None
+            }
+            Some(pgp::composed::Message::SignedOnePass { reader, .. }) => reader.signature(),
+            Some(pgp::composed::Message::Signed { reader, .. }) => Some(reader.signature()),
+            Some(pgp::composed::Message::Encrypted { .. }) => {
+                // The message is already decrypted once.
+                None
+            }
+            None => None,
+        } {
+            for issuer_fingerprint in signature.issuer_fingerprint() {
+                let issuer_fingerprint =
+                    crate::key::Fingerprint::from(issuer_fingerprint.clone()).hex();
+                if let Some(public_key_bytes) = context
+                    .sql
+                    .query_row_optional(
+                        "SELECT public_key
+                         FROM public_keys
+                         WHERE fingerprint=?",
+                        (&issuer_fingerprint,),
+                        |row| {
+                            let bytes: Vec<u8> = row.get(0)?;
+                            Ok(bytes)
+                        },
+                    )
+                    .await?
+                {
+                    let public_key = SignedPublicKey::from_slice(&public_key_bytes)?;
+                    public_keyring.push(public_key)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         let mut signatures = if let Some(ref decrypted_msg) = decrypted_msg {
             crate::pgp::valid_signature_fingerprints(decrypted_msg, &public_keyring)?
         } else {
diff --git a/src/receive_imf/receive_imf_tests.rs b/src/receive_imf/receive_imf_tests.rs
index d6ffc48f0..7f777742a 100644
--- a/src/receive_imf/receive_imf_tests.rs
+++ b/src/receive_imf/receive_imf_tests.rs
@@ -3316,6 +3316,31 @@ async fn test_thunderbird_autocrypt() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Tests that a message without an Autocrypt header is assigned to the key-contact
+/// by using the signature Issuer Fingerprint.
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn test_issuer_fingerprint() -> Result<()> {
+    let mut tcm = TestContextManager::new();
+    let alice = &tcm.alice().await;
+    let bob = &tcm.bob().await;
+
+    let alice_contact_id = bob.add_or_lookup_contact_id(alice).await;
+
+    let raw = include_bytes!("../../test-data/message/encrypted-signed.eml");
+    let received_msg = receive_imf(bob, raw, false).await?.unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(received_msg.msg_ids.len(), 1);
+    let msg_id = received_msg.msg_ids[0];
+
+    let message = Message::load_from_db(bob, msg_id).await?;
+    assert!(message.get_showpadlock());
+
+    let from_id = message.from_id;
+    assert_eq!(from_id, alice_contact_id);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Tests reception of a message from Thunderbird with attached key.
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn test_prefer_encrypt_mutual_if_encrypted() -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/test-data/message/encrypted-signed.eml b/test-data/message/encrypted-signed.eml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a399b9957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-data/message/encrypted-signed.eml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+Content-Type: multipart/encrypted; protocol="application/pgp-encrypted"; 
+	boundary="18566fe03178296e_f40510c3b59ace3_ecf843ae3ccd2b17"
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+From: alice@example.org
+To: bob@example.net
+Subject: [...]
+Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:15:14 +0000
+Message-ID: <48b9e9cc-2bae-4d41-89b4-a409e2c60c28@localhost>
+References: <48b9e9cc-2bae-4d41-89b4-a409e2c60c28@localhost>
+Chat-Version: 1.0
+
+
+--18566fe03178296e_f40510c3b59ace3_ecf843ae3ccd2b17
+Content-Type: application/pgp-encrypted; charset="utf-8"
+Content-Description: PGP/MIME version identification
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
+
+Version: 1
+
+--18566fe03178296e_f40510c3b59ace3_ecf843ae3ccd2b17
+Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="encrypted.asc"; 
+	charset="utf-8"
+Content-Description: OpenPGP encrypted message
+Content-Disposition: inline; filename="encrypted.asc";
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
+
+-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
+
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+=hj9/
+-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
+
+
+--18566fe03178296e_f40510c3b59ace3_ecf843ae3ccd2b17--