diff --git a/oni-package.el b/oni-package.el
index 325798b..c8183d0 100644
--- a/oni-package.el
+++ b/oni-package.el
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ;; Author: Tom Willemse <tom@ryuslash.org>
 ;; Keywords: local
-;; Version: 20190113123701
+;; Version: 20190113124225
 
 ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@
 (setq package-archive-upload-base
       "/ssh:slash@ryuslash.org:usr/share/emacs/elpa/")
 
+;;; Temporary fix for `package-maint-add-news-item', until I get my
+;;; Copyright assignment back in order.
+(defun package-maint-add-news-item (title description archive-url)
+  "Add a news item to the webpages associated with the package archive.
+TITLE is the title of the news item.
+DESCRIPTION is the text of the news item."
+  (interactive "sTitle: \nsText: \nsArchive URL: ")
+  (package--update-file "elpa.rss"
+			            "<description>"
+			            (package--make-rss-entry title description archive-url))
+  (package--update-file "news.html"
+			            "New entries go here"
+			            (package--make-html-entry title description)))
+
 ;;;###autoload (with-eval-after-load 'package (require 'oni-package))
 ;;;###autoload (with-eval-after-load 'package-x (require 'oni-package))