diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 2905cefe..c157d458 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+  * add french translation by Patrick Monnerat
   * Export requests or certificates as openssl config file
   * Support building with EC disabled
   * Close bug [3091576] Private key export is always PKCS#8 encoded
diff --git a/widgets/MW_help.cpp b/widgets/MW_help.cpp
index 07962ad8..fdff6ee3 100644
--- a/widgets/MW_help.cpp
+++ b/widgets/MW_help.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ void MainWindow::about()
 	"<p><table>"
 	"<tr><th>German</th><td>Christian Hohnst&auml;dt</td></tr>"
 	"<tr><th>Russian</th><td>Pavel Belly &lt;pavel.belly@gmail.com&gt;</td></tr>"
+	"<tr><th>French</th><td>Patrick Monnerat &lt;Patrick.Monnerat@datasphere.ch&gt;</td></tr>"
 	"</table>").
 		arg(version);