2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 33e879f..8755409 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ Anders Qvist
 Burton Radons
 Brodie Rao
 Antti Rasinen
+Sridhar Ratnakumar
 Eric Raymond
 Edward K. Ream
 Chris Rebert
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 852cc4f..2837ef9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ C-API
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #8549: Fix compiling the _ssl extension under AIX.  Patch by
+  Sridhar Ratnakumar.
+
 - Issue #6656: fix locale.format_string to handle escaped percents
   and mappings.