2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 274e5c48b3..0609cc4258 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ Build
 
 - Issue #25798: Update OS X 10.5 installer to use OpenSSL 1.0.2e.
 
+Windows
+-------
+
+- Issue #26065: Excludes venv from library when generating embeddable
+  distro.
 
 What's New in Python 3.5.1 final?
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diff --git a/Tools/msi/make_zip.py b/Tools/msi/make_zip.py
index 96fdad2197..d49b5b48b3 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/make_zip.py
+++ b/Tools/msi/make_zip.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ EXCLUDE_FROM_LIBRARY = {
     'site-packages',
     'tkinter',
     'turtledemo',
+    'venv',
 }
 
 EXCLUDE_FILE_FROM_LIBRARY = {