diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c86f2743f..6616f583c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ Important Changes in 0.X.Y
    https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/1059
    https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/609
 
+ * In the course of supporting Microsoft Azure Blobe Storage Go 1.8 is now a
+   requirement to build restic.
+
 Small changes
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