diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index db2d9201a..250204b6e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-08-25  Rafal Zwierz  <rzwierz@googlemail.com>
+
+	* cygthread.cc (cygthread::simplestub): Notify that the thread has
+	detached also in freerange thread case.
+
 2011-08-25  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler.cc (fhandler_base::open): Never open files with
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc b/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
index 50a265b4b..a98f372a1 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ cygthread::simplestub (VOID *arg)
   cygthread *info = (cygthread *) arg;
   _my_tls._ctinfo = info;
   info->stack_ptr = &arg;
+  HANDLE notify = info->notify_detached;
   info->callfunc (true);
+  if (notify)
+     SetEvent (notify);
+    
   return 0;
 }