diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2559bc04..33926de9 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Version 0.10.2
   context to be passed to teardown handlers.
 - Fixed an issue with query parameters getting removed from requests in
   the test client when absolute URLs were requested.
+- Made `@before_first_request` into a decorator as intended.
 
 Version 0.10.1
 --------------
diff --git a/flask/app.py b/flask/app.py
index c709c839..95d57ed8 100644
--- a/flask/app.py
+++ b/flask/app.py
@@ -1204,6 +1204,7 @@ class Flask(_PackageBoundObject):
         .. versionadded:: 0.8
         """
         self.before_first_request_funcs.append(f)
+        return f
 
     @setupmethod
     def after_request(self, f):