diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 631073da2..6e09400b3 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+19 March 2019: Wouter
+	- add type CAA to libpyunbound (accessing libunbound from python).
+
 18 March 2019: Wouter
 	- Add log message, at verbosity 4, that says the query is encrypted
 	  with TLS, if that is enabled for the query.
diff --git a/libunbound/python/libunbound.i b/libunbound/python/libunbound.i
index 6196a3979..a2b361d4c 100644
--- a/libunbound/python/libunbound.i
+++ b/libunbound/python/libunbound.i
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
     RR_TYPE_MAILA = 254,
     /**  any type (wildcard) */
     RR_TYPE_ANY = 255,
+    RR_TYPE_CAA = 257,
 
     /* RFC 4431, 5074, DNSSEC Lookaside Validation */
     RR_TYPE_DLV = 32769,