diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a49ff418c9f..ee366db9014 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-12-08  Luis Machado  <luisgpm@br.ibm.com>
+
+	* MAINTAINERS:  Add myself to the write after approval list.
+
 2008-12-04  Jack Howarth  <howarth@bromo.med.uc.edu>
 
         * configure.ac: Add double brackets on darwin[912].
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ Manuel L
 Martin v. Löwis					loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de
 H.J. Lu						hjl.tools@gmail.com
 Xinliang David Li				davidxl@google.com
+Luis Machado					luisgpm@br.ibm.com
 William Maddox					maddox@google.com
 Ziga Mahkovec					ziga.mahkovec@klika.si
 Simon Martin					simartin@users.sourceforge.net