diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f5e6ba3d4..c9a203177 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ danbarry
 - bug #1970836 [parser] SQL parser is slow, thanks to Christian Schmidt 
 + rfe #1692928 [transformation] Option to disable browser transformations 
 + [import] Speed optimization to be able to import the sakila database
++ [doc] Documentation for distributing phpMyAdmin in README.VENDOR.
 
 2.11.8.0 (not yet released)
 - patch #1987593 [interface] Table list pagination in navi, 
diff --git a/README.VENDOR b/README.VENDOR
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07094bc4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.VENDOR
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+$Id: README 10967 2007-12-08 12:46:36Z lem9 $
+
+phpMyAdmin - hints for distributing phpMyAdmin
+==============================================
+
+This document is intended to give advices to people who want to
+redistribute phpMyAdmin inside other software package such as Linux
+distribution or some all in one package including web server and MySQL
+server.
+
+
+# vim: et ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 tw=72 spell spelllang=en_us