diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index f76d31d01..8daa7b4dc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ __authors__  = (
     'shizeeg',
     'Filippo Valsorda',
     'Christian Albrecht',
+    'Dave Vasilevsky',
     )
 
 __license__ = 'Public Domain'