diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f62c603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+## Qt contribution guidelines
+
+We welcome contributions to Qt!
+
+Note that we cannot accept pull requests on GitHub. All contributions
+to the Qt project are exclusively handled through the
+[Gerrit code review system](https://codereview.qt-project.org).
+
+See
+[contribute.qt-project.org](https://contribute.qt-project.org/) to learn
+more.
diff --git a/REUSE.toml b/REUSE.toml
index 145d7c1..b25a1f0 100644
--- a/REUSE.toml
+++ b/REUSE.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "Copyright (C) The Qt Company Ltd."
 SPDX-License-Identifier = "LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR BSD-3-Clause"
 
 [[annotations]]
-path = ["**.qdocconf",  "src/mqtt/doc/style/style.css", "tests/README.txt"]
+path = ["**.qdocconf",  "src/mqtt/doc/style/style.css",
+        "tests/README.txt", "CONTRIBUTING.md"]
 comment = "documentation"
 precedence = "closest"
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "Copyright (C) The Qt Company Ltd."
diff --git a/licenseRule.json b/licenseRule.json
index bd5f5a9..4d56689 100644
--- a/licenseRule.json
+++ b/licenseRule.json
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@
         }
     },
     {
-        "comment": "Files with the following endings are Documentation licensed.",
-        "file_pattern_ending": [".qdoc", ".qdocinc" , ".qdocconf", "README", "qt_attribution.json",
-                                 ".css", "README.txt"],
+        "comment": "Files with the following endings are documentation licensed.",
+        "file_pattern_ending": [".qdoc", ".qdocinc" , ".qdocconf", ".css",
+                                "README.txt", "CONTRIBUTING.md",
+                                "qt_attribution.json"],
         "location":{
             "": {
                 "comment": "",