diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40ca23ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Doug MacEachern <dougm at vmware.com>
+
+Jan Kneschke <jan at kneschke.de>
+
+Matthew Kent <mkent at magoazul.com>
+
+Ryan Beasley <rbeasley at vmware.com>
+
+Bjoern Martin <boris59 at boris59.de>
+
+Kay Ropke <kroepke at classdump.local>
+
+Ryan Morgan <rmorgan at hyperic.com>
+
+Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com>
+
+Trevor Pounds <trevor.pounds at gmail.com>
+
+Jon Travis <jtravis at hyperic.com>
+
+Tony Ashburner <tashburner at emergency.qld.gov.au>
+
+Ryan Bloom <rbloom at covalent.net>
diff --git a/bindings/java/build.xml b/bindings/java/build.xml
index c9eada23..c00cfc75 100644
--- a/bindings/java/build.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/build.xml
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@
  <target name="dist-common" depends="javadoc,dist-bindings">
    <copy toDir="${dist}" overwrite="true">
      <fileset dir="../..">
+       <include name="AUTHORS"/>
        <include name="README"/>
        <include name="LICENSE"/>
        <include name="NOTICE"/>