diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4eb7bb15..a41b616 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Patch #1075887: Don't require MSVC in distutils if there is nothing
+  to build.
+
 - Patch #1103407: Properly deal with tarfile iterators when untarring
   symbolic links on Windows.