diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index dbb0174dc1..2338557b0d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
                                   Changelog
 
 
+Daniel (14 October)
+- Gisle Vanem made libcurl build and work with IPv6 on Windows.
+
 Daniel (13 October)
 - Giuseppe Attardi reported yet another segfault with ares and the multi
   interface. Me fixed.
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index bbe8155a66..fda5806c29 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Curl and libcurl 7.10.8 is out! A bugfix release.
 
 This release includes the following changes:
 
+ o IPv6 is now supported on Windows builds too
  o CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE lets you select pure IPv6 or IPv4 resolved addresses
    (curl offers the command line options -4/--ipv4 and -6/--ipv6)
  o GSS-Negotiate works fine with the MIT kerberos library
@@ -68,6 +69,6 @@ advice from friends like these:
  Kimdon, Dominick Meglio, Markus Moeller, Giuseppe Attardi, James MacMillan,
  Neil Spring, Siddhartha Prakash Jain, Jon Turner, Vincent Bronner, Shard,
  Jeremy Friesner, Florian Schoppmann, Neil Dunbar, Frank Ticheler, Lachlan
- O'Dea, Dirk Manske, Domenico Andreoli
+ O'Dea, Dirk Manske, Domenico Andreoli, Gisle Vanem
  
         Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)