diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 709ce94..02e4821 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
 Floris Bruynooghe
 Matt Bryant
 Stan Bubrouski
+Colm Buckley
 Erik de Bueger
 Jan-Hein Bührman
 Lars Buitinck
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index da2dc3e..918f8c8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #26839: On Linux, :func:`os.urandom` now calls ``getrandom()`` with
+  ``GRND_NONBLOCK`` to fall back on reading ``/dev/urandom`` if the urandom
+  entropy pool is not initialized yet. Patch written by Colm Buckley.
+
 - Issue #27164: In the zlib module, allow decompressing raw Deflate streams
   with a predefined zdict.  Based on patch by Xiang Zhang.