diff --git a/api/src/Contacts/JsContact.php b/api/src/Contacts/JsContact.php
index bb3b7338a2..f750835946 100644
--- a/api/src/Contacts/JsContact.php
+++ b/api/src/Contacts/JsContact.php
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ class JsContact
 
 					case 'fullName':
 						$contact['n_fn'] = self::parseString($value);
+						// if no separate name-components given, simply split first word off as n_given and rest as n_family
+						if (!isset($data['name']))
+						{
+							list($contact['n_given'], $contact['n_family']) = explode(' ', $contact['n_fn'], 2);
+						}
 						break;
 
 					case 'organizations':