diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ebfabf7803..ab0a68f931c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Deprecate `PyTuple::slice`, new method `PyTuple::get_slice` added with `usize` indices. [#1828](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1828)
 - Deprecate FFI definitions `PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlags`, `PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlagsFilename`, `PyParser_SimpleParseFileFlags` when building for Python 3.9. [#1830](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1830)
 - Mark FFI definitions removed in Python 3.10 `PyParser_ASTFromString`, `PyParser_ASTFromStringObject`, `PyParser_ASTFromFile`, `PyParser_ASTFromFileObject`, `PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlags`, `PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlagsFilename`, `PyParser_SimpleParseFileFlags`, `PyParser_SimpleParseString`, `PyParser_SimpleParseFile`, `Py_SymtableString`, and `Py_SymtableStringObject`. [#1830](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1830)
+- `pyo3`'s `Cargo.toml` now advertises `links = "python"` to inform Cargo that it links against *libpython*. [#1819](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1819)
 
 ## [0.14.4] - 2021-08-29
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1355dcf4a7c..a7370897765 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ categories = ["api-bindings", "development-tools::ffi"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 exclude = ["/.gitignore", ".cargo/config", "/codecov.yml", "/Makefile", "/pyproject.toml", "/tox.ini"]
 edition = "2018"
+links = "python"
 
 [dependencies]
 cfg-if = { version = "1.0" }