diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 9ac162f..4a2c06e 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -829,6 +829,7 @@
 Paul Sokolovsky
 Cody Somerville
 Clay Spence
+Stefan Sperling
 Per Spilling
 Joshua Spoerri
 Noah Spurrier
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4513f9a..3fcdc96 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #12560: Build libpython.so on OpenBSD. Patch by Stefan Sperling.
+
 - Issue #1813: Fix codec lookup under Turkish locales.
 
 - Issue #12591: Improve support of "universal newlines" in the subprocess