diff --git a/authors.txt b/authors.txt
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+++ b/authors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Authors of Meson build system
+
+Meson was originally designed and created by Jussi Pakkanen.
+
+
+The following people have submitted patches for the project
+
+Peter Koval
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
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--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ Contributing
 
 We love community contributions. There are two simple ways to submit your
 patches. The preferred way is to send a github pull request. You can
-also send patches as emails to the Meson mailing list.
+also send patches as emails to the Meson mailing list. Remember to add
+your name to the list of contributors in authors.txt.
 
 
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