diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 168aee5e..641e2f4d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
 	check_snmp now only prints perfdata for non numeric values (#1867716)
 	check_icmp now supports packet size modification
 	check_http now sends the Host header first to fix 301s on servers with vitrual hosts (Michael Harris).
+	libtap now included with this distribution for easier testing. Run ./configure with --enable-libtap
 
 1.4.12 27th May 2008
 	Added ./check_nt -v INSTANCES to count number of instances (Alessandro Ren)