diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1b4142d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Ani Peter
+Charles Duffy
+Daniel Berrange
+Daniel Cabrera
+Geert Warrink
+Guido Günther
+Jim Meyering
+Karel Klíč
+Matthew Booth
+Maxim Koltsov
+Piotr Drąg
+Rajesh Ranjan
+Richard W.M. Jones
+Sandeep Shedmake
+Shankar Prasad
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index adc81a309..a53475061 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ dist-hook:
 	$(top_srcdir)/update-bugs > BUGS-t
 	mv BUGS-t BUGS
 	cp BUGS $(distdir)/BUGS
+	git log --pretty="format:%an" | sort -u | \
+		grep -v rjones | \
+		grep -v "Richard Jones" \
+		> AUTHORS-t
+	mv AUTHORS-t AUTHORS
+	cp AUTHORS $(distdir)/AUTHORS
 
 # Update the list of translatable files in po/POTFILES.in.
 all-local: