diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
index d635a4e0113..f600de7f245 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ class Unmarshaller:
         self.append(int(data))
         self._value = 0
     dispatch["i4"] = end_int
+    dispatch["i8"] = end_int
     dispatch["int"] = end_int
 
     def end_double(self, data):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b3202b8d34b..28388872173 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
-Issue #2877 - The UserString.MutableString class has been removed in
-			  Python 3.0.
+- Issue #2985: Allow 64-bit integer responses (``<i8>``) in XMLRPC
+  transfers.
+
+- Issue #2877: The UserString.MutableString class has been removed in
+  Python 3.0.
 
 - Do not close external file objects passed to tarfile.open(mode='w:bz2')
   when the TarFile is closed.