diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 43c55df..60b62b2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@
 Build
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+- Issue #9810: Compile bzip2 source files in python's project file
+  directly. It used to be built with bzip2's makefile.
+
 - Issue #9848: Stopping trying to build _weakref in setup.py as it is a
   built-in module.