diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2d1a073a..6ba2f88d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -123,3 +123,4 @@ that much better:
  * psychogenic
  * Stefan Wójcik
  * dimonb
+ * Garry Polley
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 1504b08c..524f1057 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Changes in 0.7.X
 ================
+- Allow Django AuthenticationBackends to work with Django user (hmarr/mongoengine#573)
 - Fixed reload issue with ReferenceField where dbref=False (MongoEngine/mongoengine#138)
 
 Changes in 0.7.5