diff --git a/lib/CREDITS b/lib/CREDITS
index 3967ef5100..bcc9f4c6ad 100644
--- a/lib/CREDITS
+++ b/lib/CREDITS
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@
 @bStefano Ghirlanda
 @iE-mail: stefano.ghirlanda () unibo ! it
    Improvements to lyxserver
+@bShankar Giri Venkita Giri
+@iE-mail: girivs () gmx ! com
+   Mingw-w64 build fixes
 @bHartmut Goebel
 @iE-mail: h.goebel () crazy-compilers ! com
    Improvements to Koma-Script classes
diff --git a/lib/generate_contributions.py b/lib/generate_contributions.py
index a2e6906583..822e023c1c 100755
--- a/lib/generate_contributions.py
+++ b/lib/generate_contributions.py
@@ -771,6 +771,14 @@ contributors = [
                  "28 February 2005",
                  u"Improvements to lyxserver"),
 
+     contributor(u"Shankar Giri Venkita Giri",
+                 "girivs () gmx ! com",
+                 "GPL",
+                 "Blanket permission",
+                 "m=146162343015182",
+                 "25 April 2016",
+                 u"Mingw-w64 build fixes"),
+
      contributor(u"Hartmut Goebel",
                  "h.goebel () crazy-compilers ! com",
                  "GPL",