diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 73ae6856a..e466f493e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Nov 17 12:28:00 2000  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* path.cc (normalize_posix_path): Special care for root directory
+	in case of files beginning with a dot.
+
 Fri Nov 17 12:28:00 2000  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* syslog.cc (syslog): Add users SID to NT syslog entry.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index b878920f7..a0f4ebd36 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -609,7 +609,11 @@ normalize_posix_path (const char *src, char *dst)
 	}
       dst = strchr (dst, '\0');
       if (*src == '.')
-	goto sawdot;
+        {
+	  if (dst == dst_start + 1 && *dst_start == '/')
+	     --dst;
+	  goto sawdot;
+        }
       if (dst > dst_start && !isslash (dst[-1]))
 	*dst++ = '/';
     }