From ad0c12de9813e1616574dd029517f9b58f4b7c3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benoit Chesneau <bchesneau@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 02:08:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add sponsors section to README

---
 README.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f87cc4a6..97558ec2 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ Community
 - Chat in `#gunicorn`_ on `Libera.chat`_
 - See `CONTRIBUTING.md <CONTRIBUTING.md>`_ for contribution guidelines
 
+Sponsors
+--------
+
+Gunicorn is maintained thanks to our sponsors. `Become a sponsor <https://github.com/sponsors/benoitc>`_.
+
+.. Sponsor logos will appear here
+
 License
 -------