diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 433d9bf..ef5fce8 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@
 Hans de Graaff
 Eddy De Greef
 Duncan Grisby
+Fabian Groffen
 Dag Gruneau
 Michael Guravage
 Lars Gustäbel
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f9dd5a1..bbedc77 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@
 Build
 -----
 
+- Issue #7716: Under Solaris, don't assume existence of /usr/xpg4/bin/grep in
+  the configure script but use $GREP instead.  Patch by Fabian Groffen.
+
 - Issue #10475: Don't hardcode compilers for LDSHARED/LDCXXSHARED on NetBSD
   and DragonFly BSD.  Patch by Nicolas Joly.