diff --git a/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.17-relnotes.md b/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.17-relnotes.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c2a1d56de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.17-relnotes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Upcoming release - coreboot 4.17
+================================
+
+The 4.17 release is planned for May, 2022.
+
+We are continuing the quarterly release cadence in order to enable others to
+release quarterly on a fresher version of coreboot.
+
+Update this document with changes that should be in the release notes.
+
+* Please use Markdown.
+* See the past few release notes for the general format.
+* The chip and board additions and removals will be updated right
+  before the release, so those do not need to be added.
+
+Significant changes
+-------------------
+
+### Add significant changes here