diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2e70fec702..a38e309632 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+5978.	[port]		The ability to use pkcs11 via engine_pkcs11 has been
+			restored, by only using deprecated APIs in
+			OpenSSL 3.0.0. BIND needs to be compiled with
+			'-DOPENSSL_API_COMPAT=10100' specified in the CFLAGS
+			at compile time. [GL !6711]
+
 5973.	[bug]		Fixed a possible invalid detach in UPDATE
 			processing. [GL #3522]