diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 0bb62ae..af6a7be 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 Jim Ahlstrom
 Farhan Ahmad
 Nir Aides
+Yaniv Aknin
 Jyrki Alakuijala
 Billy G. Allie
 Kevin Altis
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1f584f4..470c07c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7834: Fix connect() of Bluetooth L2CAP sockets with recent versions
+  of the Linux kernel.  Patch by Yaniv Aknin.
+
 - Issue #6312: Fixed http HEAD request when the transfer encoding is chunked.
   It should correctly return an empty response now.