diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index fe80c8b..c7fd2ff 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 Steven Bethard
 Stephen Bevan
 Ron Bickers
+Natalia B. Bidart
 David Binger
 Dominic Binks
 Philippe Biondi
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d4ce939..c4627fa 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #11501: disutils.archive_utils.make_zipfile no longer fails if zlib is
+  not installed. Instead, the zipfile.ZIP_STORED compression is used to create
+  the ZipFile. Patch by Natalia B. Bidart.
+
 - Issue #11491: dbm.error is no longer raised when dbm.open is called with
   the "n" as the flag argument and the file exists. The behavior matches
   the documentation and general logic.