diff --git a/META b/META
index cbc3d1a7d00891fe0f20f52e72d55fcbe839d91a..d371a8a557496817e5465009b5a85945bfd665d8 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	5
   Micro:        0
   Version:	0.5.0
-  Release:	0.pre3
+  Release:	0.pre4
   API_CURRENT:	7	
   API_AGE:	4
   API_REVISION:	0
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c9d36359a030303b549cdc8e098c4542a74614b3..44bed7445f007c9c587702b6db4c726addc8e0da 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
  -- Added mail.html web page telling how to get on slurm mailing lists.
  -- Added another directory to search for DB2 files on BGL system.
  -- Added overview man page slurm.1.
+ -- Added new configure option "--with-db2-dir=PATH" for BGL.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 0.5.0-pre3
 =============================