diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e85fef17bf3..08b77146138 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -898,6 +898,9 @@ Library
 Build
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+- Fix test_float, test_long, and test_struct failures on Tru64 with gcc
+  by using -mieee gcc option.
+
 - Patch #1432345: Make python compile on DragonFly.
 
 - Build support for Win64-AMD64 was added.