diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 5912c5080d..fed98e592b 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-06-05  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* copyright.py (EXCLUDE_LIST): Add 'gdb/CONTRIBUTE' to list.
+
 2012-06-05  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* config/djgpp/djcheck.sh: Add copyright header.
diff --git a/gdb/copyright.py b/gdb/copyright.py
index ff51ca4b7f..30ead5dd4b 100644
--- a/gdb/copyright.py
+++ b/gdb/copyright.py
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ def main ():
 #
 # Filenames are relative to the root directory.
 EXCLUDE_LIST = (
+    'gdb/CONTRIBUTE',
     'gdb/gdbarch.c', 'gdb/gdbarch.h',
     'gdb/gnulib'
 )