diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index de195401e1d..a0166a522b8 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ James A Morrison
 Sjoerd Mullender
 Sape Mullender
 Michael Muller
+Piotr Meyer
 John Nagle
 Takahiro Nakayama
 Travers Naran
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index af6fc23a372..b3befb0f9fd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #5400: Added patch for multiprocessing on netbsd compilation/support
+
 - Fix and properly document the multiprocessing module's logging
   support, expose the internal levels and provide proper usage
   examples.