diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 522edde86c..f491dd9df2 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ The following people have contributed code to GIMP:
  Tim Harder
  Marcus Heese
  Robert Helgesson
+ Michael Henning
  James Henstridge
  Eric Hernes
  Lukasz Hladowski
diff --git a/authors.xml b/authors.xml
index a32d4cff56..514ecb471d 100644
--- a/authors.xml
+++ b/authors.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.8">Tim Harder</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.6">Marcus Heese</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.4">Robert Helgesson</contributor>
+  <contributor role="author" last-active="2.8">Michael Henning</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.0">James Henstridge</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="1.0">Eric Hernes</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.8">Lukasz Hladowski</contributor>