diff --git a/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS b/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57057271f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Acknowledgments - June 2010
+---------------------------
+
+We would like to thank the following people who have contributed directly
+or indirectly to HDF5:
+
+John A. Biddiscombe, Mike Jackson, and Sean McBride for contributing and
+testing CMake code included in the HDF5 1.8.5 distribution.
+
+The HDF5 community for helping shape the development of HDF5 by contributing
+bug reports and patches, joining in on forum discussions, and continually
+supporting our software.
+
+Finally, we'd like to thank all organizations whose funding has made HDF5 
+possible.
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 00e73998e3..44466bd533 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 ./.autom4te.cfg             		_DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
 ./.h5chkright.ini			_DO_NOT_DISTRIBUTE_
+./ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 ./COPYING
 ./MANIFEST
 ./Makefile.dist