2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index cecb238..b8e5881 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ Kannan Vijayan
 Kurt Vile
 Norman Vine
 Frank Visser
+Sjoerd de Vries
 Niki W. Waibel
 Wojtek Walczak
 Charles Waldman
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ceb3582..8ef9e13 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #12618: Fix a bug that prevented py_compile from creating byte
+  compiled files in the current directory.  Initial patch by Sjoerd de Vries.
+
 - Issue #13444: When stdout has been closed explicitly, we should not attempt
   to flush it at shutdown and print an error.