diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c9c5989..48fe18d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
 Build
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+- Issue #1628484: The Makefile doesn't ignore the CFLAGS environment
+  variable anymore.  It also forwards the LDFLAGS settings to the linker
+  when building a shared library.
+
 - Issue #6716: Quote -x arguments of compileall in MSI installer.
 
 - Issue #7705: Fix linking on FreeBSD.