diff --git a/hiera/common.yaml b/hiera/common.yaml
index 835cd98e15..b3cc01977d 100644
--- a/hiera/common.yaml
+++ b/hiera/common.yaml
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ statusbot_auth_nicks:
 - SergeyLukjanov
 - jhesketh
 - lifeless
+- pabelanger
 - pleia2
 - yolanda
 - nibalizer