diff --git a/lib/CREDITS b/lib/CREDITS
index 1575ab5183..9ef4043ebb 100644
--- a/lib/CREDITS
+++ b/lib/CREDITS
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@
 @bMin Ding
 @iE-mail: u5032331 () uds ! anu ! edu ! au
    Chinese (simplified) translations
+@bAlexander Dunlap
+@iE-mail: alexander.dunlap () gmail ! com
+   Improvement to recent files support
 @bAnders Ekberg
 @iE-mail: anek () chalmers ! se
    Improvements to the Swedish translation of the Windows Installer
diff --git a/lib/generate_contributions.py b/lib/generate_contributions.py
index 2bb442cd88..75710d3858 100755
--- a/lib/generate_contributions.py
+++ b/lib/generate_contributions.py
@@ -647,6 +647,14 @@ contributors = [
                  "27 April 2014",
                  u"Chinese (simplified) translations"),
 
+     contributor(u"Alexander Dunlap",
+                 "alexander.dunlap () gmail ! com",
+                 "GPL",
+                 "licensing statement",
+                 "m=151914230920804",
+                 "20 February 2018",
+                 u"Improvement to recent files support"),
+
      contributor(u"Anders Ekberg",
                  "anek () chalmers ! se",
                  "GPL",