diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #7617: Make sure distutils.unixccompiler.UnixCCompiler recognizes
+  gcc when it has a fully qualified configuration prefix. Initial patch
+  by Arfrever.
+
 - Issue #7105: Make WeakKeyDictionary and WeakValueDictionary robust against
   the destruction of weakref'ed objects while iterating.