diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index cb827da..af56dd4 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@
 Burton Radons
 Brodie Rao
 Antti Rasinen
+Sridhar Ratnakumar
 Eric Raymond
 Edward K. Ream
 Chris Rebert
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 77fc78f..2c2d2f2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 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.