2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 67684eb..1b3f0d5 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ Jacob Kaplan-Moss
 Lou Kates
 Hiroaki Kawai
 Sebastien Keim
+Ryan Kelly
 Robert Kern
 Randall Kern
 Magnus Kessler
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9e2603d..a79e4cd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ C-API
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #6915: Under Windows, os.listdir() didn't release the Global
+  Interpreter Lock around all system calls.  Original patch by Ryan Kelly.
+
 - Issue #3757: thread-local objects now support cyclic garbage collection.
   Thread-local objects involved in reference cycles will be deallocated
   timely by the cyclic GC, even if the underlying thread is still running.