diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index db97c7e54b1..5135345dcd3 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Joe Poirier <jdpoirier@gmail.com>
 Jonathan Wills <runningwild@gmail.com>
 Josh Goebel <dreamer3@gmail.com>
 Jukka-Pekka Kekkonen <karatepekka@gmail.com>
+Kai Backman <kaib@golang.org>
 Kei Son <hey.calmdown@gmail.com>
 Ken Friedenbach <kenliz@cruzio.com>
 Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>