diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4ebe6a6a..44443a47 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Alex",
              family = "Axthelm",
              role = c("aut", "cre"),
-             email = "aaxthelm@rmi.org"),
+             email = "aaxthelm@rmi.org",
+             comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-8579-8565")),
       person(given = "Jackson",
              family = "Hoffart",
              role = c("aut", "ctr"),