diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1398cf2e87..f896746574 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -485,6 +485,10 @@ Major new features:
   The latest GCC available at this time (10.2) does not support this level of
   fortification.
 
+* Support for OpenRISC on Linux has been added.
+
+  The OpenRISC pore requires at least Linux 5.4, GCC 11 and binutils 2.35.
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
 * The mallinfo function is marked deprecated.  Callers should call
diff --git a/README b/README
index d0f0edb393..3d5a78ccff 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels:
 	microblaze*-*-linux-gnu
 	mips-*-linux-gnu
 	mips64-*-linux-gnu
+	or1k-*-linux-gnu
 	powerpc-*-linux-gnu	Hardware or software floating point, BE only.
 	powerpc64*-*-linux-gnu	Big-endian and little-endian.
 	s390-*-linux-gnu