diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 5c33b2e..399de8c 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@
 Tim Everett
 Paul Everitt
 David Everly
+Daniel Evers
 Greg Ewing
 Martijn Faassen
 Clovis Fabricio
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4309858..ac9ac79 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #8498: In socket.accept(), allow to specify 0 as a backlog value in
+  order to accept exactly one connection.  Patch by Daniel Evers.
+
 - Issue #11164: Stop trying to use _xmlplus in the xml module.
 
 - Issue #11927: SMTP_SSL now uses port 465 by default as documented.  Patch