diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f5019f726f..7125cca048 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ The following people have contributed code to GIMP:
  Nelson A. de Oliveira
  Thom van Os
  Garry R. Osgood
+ Benjamin Otte
  Alan Paeth
  Jay Painter
  Ville Pätsi
diff --git a/authors.xml b/authors.xml
index 704e598c52..b2fb75f0ee 100644
--- a/authors.xml
+++ b/authors.xml
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.8">Nelson A. de Oliveira</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="1.2">Thom van Os</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="2.0">Garry R. Osgood</contributor>
+  <contributor role="author" last-active="2.8">Benjamin Otte</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="1.0">Alan Paeth</contributor>
   <contributor role="author" last-active="1.2">Jay Painter</contributor>
   <contributor role="artist author" last-active="2.6">Ville Pätsi</contributor>