diff --git a/share/xml/news.xml b/share/xml/news.xml
index ff43325486..c4a4db12a3 100644
--- a/share/xml/news.xml
+++ b/share/xml/news.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@
   <year>
     <name>2016</name>
 
+    <month>
+      <name>12</name>
+
+      <day>
+        <name>11</name>
+
+        <event>
+          <p>New committer:
+            <a href="mailto:lifanov@FreeBSD.org">Nikolai Lifanov</a>
+            (ports)</p>
+        </event>
+      </day>
+
     <month>
       <name>11</name>