Set leave approver in the leave application
diff --git a/erpnext/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.js b/erpnext/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.js
index 06eee61..b335717 100755
--- a/erpnext/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.js
+++ b/erpnext/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 	employee: function(frm) {
 		frm.trigger("get_leave_balance");
+		frm.trigger("set_leave_approver");
 	},
 
 	leave_type: function(frm) {
@@ -125,4 +126,21 @@
 			});
 		}
 	},
+
+	set_leave_approver: function(frm) {
+		if(frm.doc.employee) {
+				// server call is done to include holidays in leave days calculations
+			return frappe.call({
+				method: 'erpnext.hr.doctype.leave_application.leave_application.get_leave_approver_data',
+				args: {
+					"employee": frm.doc.employee,
+				},
+				callback: function(r) {
+					if (r && r.message) {
+						frm.set_value('leave_approver', r.message);
+					}
+				}
+			});
+		}
+	}
 });
diff --git a/erpnext/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.py b/erpnext/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.py
index 4e1b54b..83079d4 100755
--- a/erpnext/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.py
+++ b/erpnext/hr/doctype/leave_application/leave_application.py
@@ -530,3 +530,8 @@
 				"title": _("Holiday") + ": " + cstr(holiday.description),
 				"name": holiday.name
 			})
+
+@frappe.whitelist()
+def get_leave_approver_data(employee):
+	return frappe.db.get_value("Employee Leave Approver",
+		{'parent': employee}, 'leave_approver')