diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
index 635cbdbb7..5b9de0469 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-04-22  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
+
+	* strace.cc (create_child): Set CYGWIN=noglob when starting new process
+	so that Cygwin will leave already-parsed the command line alonw.
+
 2009-04-15  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* cygpath.cc (do_pathconv): Only skip \\?\ prefix if it's really
diff --git a/winsup/utils/strace.cc b/winsup/utils/strace.cc
index 745da9d2c..0334eb71e 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/strace.cc
+++ b/winsup/utils/strace.cc
@@ -326,12 +326,22 @@ create_child (char **argv)
   make_command_line (one_line, argv);
 
   SetConsoleCtrlHandler (NULL, 0);
+  const char *cygwin_env = getenv ("CYGWIN");
+  const char *space;
+  if (cygwin_env)
+    space = " ";
+  else
+    space = cygwin_env = "";
+  char *newenv = (char *) malloc (sizeof ("CYGWIN=noglob") + strlen (space) + strlen (cygwin_env));
+  sprintf (newenv, "CYGWIN=noglob%s%s", space, cygwin_env);
+  _putenv (newenv);
   ret = CreateProcess (0, one_line.buf,	/* command line */
 		       NULL,	/* Security */
 		       NULL,	/* thread */
 		       TRUE,	/* inherit handles */
 		       flags,	/* start flags */
-		       NULL, NULL,	/* current directory */
+		       NULL,	/* default environment */
+		       NULL,	/* current directory */
 		       &si, &pi);
   if (!ret)
     error (0, "error creating process %s, (error %d)", *argv,