diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7f6ea7756..b9ae2f41b 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Ankur Sethi
 Ben Noordhuis
 Ben Straub
 Benjamin C Meyer
+Brian Downing
 Brian Lopez
 Carlos Martín Nieto
 Colin Timmermans
diff --git a/git.git-authors b/git.git-authors
index 591ffecf3..f4b1e6712 100644
--- a/git.git-authors
+++ b/git.git-authors
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 ok	Adam Simpkins <adam@adamsimpkins.net> (http transport)
 ok	Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
 ok	Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com>
+ok	Brian Downing <bdowning@lavos.net>
 ok	Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
 ok	Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
 ok	Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>