diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5f81efdb7..7fe73439b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ELinks now:
 * BitTorrent protocol (experimental)
 * FSP protocol via a CGI script (see contrib/cgi/README.FSP) (experimental)
 * sysmouse support on the BSD console
+* new GNU make based build system (aclocal from automake is still required)
 * move from CVS to GIT
 
 ELinks 0.10.6: