diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/2.8.1 b/winsup/cygwin/release/2.8.1
index 9a0ecb7a6..aa486d094 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/release/2.8.1
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/2.8.1
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 - Fix buffer overflow problem in wcsxfrm/wcsxfrm_l.
   Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00149.html
+
+- Fix crash if env var name starts with non-ASCII char
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00330.html