You can achieve this by using the add_post_type_support
function as described here: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_post_type_support.
This code should work:
function add_author_support_to_posts() {
add_post_type_support( 'your_custom_post_type', 'author' );
}
add_action( 'init', 'add_author_support_to_posts' );
It can be added in your theme’s function.php
file.