diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e36c5570aad8e1910bc4fb0c75ecd6e3c9c1978a..6fb5b0b2593b51a1e016cdb2f632c24d19b81ba8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,26 @@ Legend
 Releases
 --------
 
+### 1.8.0
+
+* [-] On Mac OSX and FreeBSD correctly use interface name for routing
+* [~] On Mac OSX and FreeBSD moved netstat parsing output to higher debug level
+* [~] When logging traffic also show http traffic (not only tunneled traffic)
+* [~] Improve error message in case of login failure
+* [~] Require root privileges for running. They are needed at various places.
+      Previously, just a warning was issued, but in later stage things have failed.
+* [-] On Mac OSX the protection of the route to the vpn gateway may have failed
+* [~] Invert order of ssl libraries (this may help linking on some platforms)
+* [+] Add FreeBSD support and redesigned the autoconf mechanism
+* [+] Support building with gcc 8
+* [-] Prioritize command line arguments over config file parameters
+* [~] Dynamically allocate routing buffer and therefore allow larger routing table
+* [+] Support systemd notification upon tunnel up
+* [+] Support building in a separate directory
+* [~] Change the way to read passwords such that backspace etc. should work as usual
+* [~] Rationalize DNS options: pppd and openfortivpn were updating /etc/resolv.conf.
+      Check man page and help output for the documentation of the current behavior.
+
 ### Earlier Versions
 
 Please see Github [commit history](https://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/commits)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 43fc941e6c14d5481f0bd70e95e6223879392203..c92229200a0f7f95e84cee79103dac4ff489f6de 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
-AC_INIT([openfortivpn], [1.7.1])
+AC_INIT([openfortivpn], [1.8.0])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])