diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f2367ab285..778024a85e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -88,5 +88,6 @@ Authors@R: c(
   person("Joshua", "Wu",           role="ctb"),
   person("Iago", "Giné-Vázquez",   role="ctb"),
   person("Anirban", "Chetia",      role="ctb"),
-  person("Doris", "Amoakohene",    role="ctb")
+  person("Doris", "Amoakohene",    role="ctb"),
+  person("Ivan", "Krylov",         role="ctb")
   )