diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8988cdfa12..e125e07e99 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST +=						\
   etc/news.scm						\
   etc/release-manifest.scm				\
   etc/system-tests.scm					\
+  etc/historical-authorizations				\
   build-aux/build-self.scm				\
   build-aux/compile-all.scm				\
   build-aux/hydra/evaluate.scm				\
diff --git a/etc/historical-authorizations b/etc/historical-authorizations
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..429054c9a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/historical-authorizations
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+;; List of "historical" committers---people once authorized committers before
+;; the '.guix-authorizations' file was created.
+;;
+;; This file is provided for historical and auditing purposes.  It is known
+;; good starting at least at 'v1.0.0'.
+;;
+;; The format is the same as for '.guix-authorizations'.  User names are those
+;; found on <https://savannah.gnu.org/project/memberlist.php?group=guix> along
+;; with the fingerprint of the signing (sub)key.
+
+(authorizations
+ (version 0)
+
+ (("AD17 A21E F8AE D8F1 CC02  DBD9 F7D5 C9BF 765C 61E3"
+   (name "andreas"))
+  ("2A39 3FFF 68F4 EF7A 3D29  12AF 6F51 20A0 22FB B2D5"
+   (name "ajgrf"))
+  ("306F CB8F 2C01 C25D 29D3  0556 61EF 502E F602 52F2"
+   (name "alexvong1995"))
+  ("4FB9 9F49 2B12 A365 7997  E664 8246 0C08 2A0E E98F"
+   (name "alezost"))
+  ("50F3 3E2E 5B0C 3D90 0424  ABE8 9BDC F497 A4BB CC7F"
+   (name "ambrevar"))
+  ("27D5 86A4 F890 0854 329F  F09F 1260 E464 82E6 3562"
+   (name "apteryx"))
+  ("7F73 0343 F2F0 9F3C 77BF  79D3 2E25 EE8B 6180 2BB3"
+   (name "arunisaac"))
+  (;; primary: "3B12 9196 AE30 0C3C 0E90  A26F A715 5567 3271 9948"
+   "9A2B 401E D001 0650 1584  BAAC 8BC4 F447 6E8A 8E00"
+   (name "atheia"))
+  (;; primary: "BE62 7373 8E61 6D6D 1B3A  08E8 A21A 0202 4881 6103"
+   "39B3 3C8D 9448 0D2D DCC2  A498 8B44 A0CD C7B9 56F2"
+   (name "bandali"))
+  (;; primary: "34FF 38BC D151 25A6 E340  A0B5 3453 2F9F AFCA 8B8E"
+   "A0C5 E352 2EF8 EF5C 64CD  B7F0 FD73 CAC7 19D3 2566"
+   (name "bavier"))
+  ("3774 8024 880F D3FF DCA2  C9AB 5893 6E0E 2F1B 5A4C"
+   (name "beffa"))
+  ("BCF8 F737 2CED 080A 67EB  592D 2A6A D9F4 AAC2 0DF6"
+   (name "benwoodcroft"))
+  ("45CC 63B8 5258 C9D5 5F34  B239 D37D 0EA7 CECC 3912"
+   (name "biscuolo"))
+  ("7988 3B9F 7D6A 4DBF 3719  0367 2506 A96C CF63 0B21"
+   (name "boskovits"))
+  ("DFC0 C7F7 9EE6 0CA7 AE55  5E19 6722 43C4 A03F 0EEE"
+   (name "brettgilio"))
+  (;; primary: "0401 7A2A 6D9A 0CCD C81D  8EC2 96AB 007F 1A7E D999"
+   "09CD D25B 5244 A376 78F6  EEA8 0CC5 2153 1979 91A5"
+   (name "carl"))
+  ("3E89 EEE7 458E 720D 9754  E0B2 5E28 A33B 0B84 F577"
+   (name "cbaines"))
+  ("3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4  0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5"
+   (name "civodul"))
+  ("510A 8628 E2A7 7678 8F8C  709C 4BC0 2592 5FF8 F4D3"
+   (name "cwebber"))
+  (;; primary: "295A F991 6F46 F8A1 34B0  29DA 8086 3842 F0FE D83B"
+   "76CE C6B1 7274 B465 C02D  B3D9 E71A 3554 2C30 BAA5"
+   (name "dannym"))
+  ("B3C0 DB4D AD73 BA5D 285E  19AE 5143 0234 CEFD 87C3"
+   (name "davexunit"))
+  (                              ;FIXME: to be confirmed!
+   "8CCB A7F5 52B9 CBEA E1FB  2915 8328 C747 0FF1 D807"
+   (name "davexunit (2nd)"))
+  ("53C4 1E6E 41AA FE55 335A  CA5E 446A 2ED4 D940 BF14"
+   (name "daviwil"))
+  ("6909 6DFD D702 8BED ACC5  884B C5E0 51C7 9C0B ECDB"
+   (name "dvc"))
+  ("5F43 B681 0437 2F4B A898  A64B 33B9 E9FD E28D 2C23"
+   (name "dvc (old)"))
+  ("A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D  14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351"
+   (name "efraim"))
+  ("9157 41FE B22F A4E3 3B6E  8F8D F4C1 D391 7EAC EE93"
+   (name "efraim (old)"))
+  (;; primary: "2453 02B1 BAB1 F867 FDCA  96BC 8F3F 861F 82EB 7A9A"
+   "CBC5 9C66 EC27 B971 7940  6B3E 6BE8 208A DF21 FE3F"
+   (name "glv"))
+  ("2219 43F4 9E9F 276F 9499  3382 BF28 6CB6 593E 5FFD"
+   (name "hoebjo"))
+  ("B943 509D 633E 80DD 27FC  4EED 634A 8DFF D3F6 31DF"
+   (name "htgoebel"))
+  ("7440 26BA 7CA3 C668 E940  1D53 0B43 1E98 3705 6942"
+   (name "ipetkov"))
+  (;; primary: "66A5 6D9C 9A98 BE7F 719A  B401 2652 5665 AE72 7D37"
+   "0325 78A6 8298 94E7 2AA2  66F5 D415 BF25 3B51 5976"
+   (name "iyzsong"))
+
+  ;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-04/msg00229.html
+  ("DB34 CB51 D25C 9408 156F  CDD6 A12F 8797 8D70 1B99"
+   (name "janneke (old)"))
+  ("1A85 8392 E331 EAFD B8C2  7FFB F3C1 A0D9 C1D6 5273"
+   (name "janneke"))
+
+  (;; primary: "1BA4 08C5 8BF2 0EA7 3179  635A 865D C0A3 DED9 B5D0"
+   "E31D 9DDE EBA5 4A14 8A20  4550 DA45 97F9 47B4 1025"
+   (name "jlicht"))
+  ("8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285  A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3"
+   (name "jmd"))
+  ("83B6 703A DCCA 3B69 4BCE  2DA6 E6A5 EE3C 1946 7A0D"
+   (name "kkebreau"))
+  ("45E5 75FA 53EA 8BD6 1BCE  0B4E 3ADC 75F0 13D6 78F9"
+   (name "leungbk"))
+  (;; primary: "4F71 6F9A 8FA2 C80E F1B5  E1BA 5E35 F231 DE1A C5E0"
+   "B051 5948 F1E7 D3C1 B980  38A0 2646 FA30 BACA 7F08"
+   (name "lfam"))
+  ("2AE3 1395 932B E642 FC0E  D99C 9BED 6EDA 32E5 B0BC"
+   (name "lsl88"))
+  ("CBF5 9755 CBE7 E7EF EF18  3FB1 DD40 9A15 D822 469D"
+   (name "marusich"))
+  ("BBB0 2DDF 2CEA F6A8 0D1D  E643 A2A0 6DF2 A33A 54FA"
+   (name "mbakke"))
+  ("D919 0965 CE03 199E AF28  B3BE 7CEF 2984 7562 C516"
+   (name "mhw"))
+  ("4008 6A7E 0252 9B60 31FB  8607 8354 7635 3176 9CA6"
+   (name "mothacehe"))
+  ("F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761  070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37"
+   (name "mthl"))
+  (;; primary: "F5BC 5534 C36F 0087 B39D  36EF 1C9D C4FE B9DB 7C4B"
+   "F5DA 2032 4B87 3D0B 7A38  7672 0DB0 FF88 4F55 6D79"
+   (name "nckx"))
+  (;; primary: "F5BC 5534 C36F 0087 B39D  36EF 1C9D C4FE B9DB 7C4B"
+   "7E8F AED0 0944 78EF 72E6  4D16 D889 B0F0 18C5 493C"
+   (name "nckx (revoked; not compromised)"))
+  ("E576 BFB2 CF6E B13D F571  33B9 E315 A758 4613 1564"
+   (name "niedzejkob"))
+  ("ED0E F1C8 E126 BA83 1B48  5FE9 DA00 B4F0 48E9 2F2D"
+   (name "ngz"))
+  ("CEF4 CB91 4856 BA38 0A20  A7E2 3008 88CB 39C6 3817"
+   (name "pelzflorian"))
+  (;; primary: "B68B DF22 73F9 DA0E 63C1  8A32 515B F416 9242 D600"
+   "C699 ED09 E51B CE89 FD1D  A078 AAC7 E891 896B 568A"
+   (name "pgarlick"))
+  ("3A86 380E 58A8 B942 8D39  60E1 327C 1EF3 8DF5 4C32"
+   (name "phant0mas"))
+  ("74D6 A930 F44B 9B84 9EA5  5606 C166 AA49 5F7F 189C"
+   (name "reepca"))
+  ("BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6  2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC"
+   (name "rekado"))
+  ("0154 E1B9 1CC9 D9EF 7764  8DE7 F3A7 27DB 44FC CA36"
+   (name "rhelling"))
+  ("17CB 2812 EB63 3DFF 2C7F  0452 C3EC 1DCA 8430 72E1"
+   (name "roelj (old)"))
+  (;; From commit cc51c03ff867d4633505354819c6d88af88bf919 (March 2020).
+   ;; See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-03/msg00070.html>.
+   "F556 FD94 FB8F 8B87 79E3  6832 CBD0 CD51 38C1 9AFC"
+   (name "roelj"))
+  ("B5FA E628 5B41 3728 B2A0  FAED 4311 1F45 2008 6A0C"
+   (name "roptat (old)"))
+  (;; From commit 2cbede5935eb6a40173bbdf30a9ad22bf7574c22 (Jan. 2020).  See
+   ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-01/msg00499.html>.
+   "1EFB 0909 1F17 D28C CBF9  B13A 53D4 57B2 D636 EE82"
+   (name "roptat"))
+  (;; primary: "D6B0 C593 DA8C 5EDC A44C  7A58 C336 91F7 1188 B004"
+   "A02C 2D82 0EF4 B25B A6B5  1D90 2AC6 A5EC 1C35 7C59"
+   (name "samplet"))
+  ("77DD AD2D 97F5 31BB C0F3  C7FD DFB5 EB09 AA62 5423"
+   (name "sleep_walker"))
+  ("F494 72F4 7A59 00D5 C235  F212 89F9 6D48 08F3 59C7"
+   (name "snape"))
+  ("4E26 CCE9 578E 0828 9855  BDD4 1C79 95D2 D5A3 8336"
+   (name "steap"))
+  ("9ADE 9ECF 2B19 C180 9C99  5CEA A1F4 CFCC 5283 6BAC"
+   (name "taylanub"))
+
+  ;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-03/msg00826.html
+  (;; primary: "1DD1 681F E285 E07F 11DC  0C59 2E15 A6BC D77D 54FD"
+   "3D2C DA58 819C 08C2 A649  D43D 5C3B 064C 724A 5726"
+   (name "thomasd"))
+  ("A5C5 92EA 606E 7106 A6A3  BC08 98B2 1575 91E1 2B08"
+   (name "thomasd (old)"))
+
+  ("D712 1D73 A40A 7264 9E43  ED7D F284 6B1A 0D32 C442"
+   (name "toothbrush"))
+  ("6580 7361 3BFC C5C7 E2E4  5D45 DC51 8FC8 7F97 16AA"
+   (name "vagrantc"))
+  (;; primary: "C955 CC5D C048 7FB1 7966  40A9 199A F6A3 67E9 4ABB"
+   "7238 7123 8EAC EB63 4548  5857 167F 8EA5 001A FA9C"
+   (name "wigust"))
+  ("FF47 8FB2 64DE 32EC 2967  25A3 DDC0 F535 8812 F8F2"
+   (name "wingo"))))
