diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index bd2fb9802a4..2d15ca54795 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ Andrew Kuchling
 Vladimir Kushnir
 Cameron Laird
 Tino Lange
+Łukasz Langa
 Andrew Langmead
 Detlef Lannert
 Soren Larsen
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 88c4731c325..58abb15151f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7113: Speed up loading in ConfigParser. Patch by Łukasz Langa.
+
 - Issue #3704: cookielib was not properly handling URLs with a / in the
   parameters.