diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 84292b13e0c4..09de7aae128b 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ Brian Quinlan
 Anders Qvist
 Burton Radons
 Antti Rasinen
+Sridhar Ratnakumar
 Eric Raymond
 Edward K. Ream
 Chris Rebert
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f24a188ee508..359a3c34612a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #8549: Fix compiling the _ssl extension under AIX.  Patch by
+  Sridhar Ratnakumar.
+
 - Issue #2302: Fix a race condition in SocketServer.BaseServer.shutdown,
   where the method could block indefinitely if called just before the
   event loop started running.  This also fixes the occasional freezes
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index b59ee7ce6552..31a7bd9b9ffd 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ enum py_ssl_version {
 	PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL2,
 	PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL3,
 	PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL23,
-	PY_SSL_VERSION_TLS1,
+	PY_SSL_VERSION_TLS1
 };
 
 /* Include symbols from _socket module */