diff --git a/changelog-auto.in b/changelog-auto.in
index 346647bcf75f..92cd679653a1 100644
--- a/changelog-auto.in
+++ b/changelog-auto.in
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+frr (@VERSION@-0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * autoconf changelog entry -- for git autobuilds only.
+    remove and replace when creating releases!
+    (tools/tarsource.sh will handle this)
+
+ -- FRRouting-Dev <dev@lists.frrouting.org>  Wed, 3 Nov 2020 23:10:00 +0200
+
 frr (7.5) RELEASED; urgency=medium
   BFD
     Profile support