diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index bbcb72eb1..b246f1279 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 2005-03-10  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
-	* autoload.cc (LoadDllprime): Scrap use of .linkonce and just use an
+	* autoload.cc (LoadDLLprime): Use nocopy segment or forked processes
+	will not initialize properly.
+
+2005-03-10  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* autoload.cc (LoadDLLprime): Scrap use of .linkonce and just use an
 	ifdef guard to load .foo_init into data segment.
 
 	* dcrt0.cc (initial_env): Allow colon or space as CYGWIN_DEBUG
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc b/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
index 5d852d4f9..9ca88db98 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ details. */
    function.  */
 #define LoadDLLprime(dllname, init_also) __asm__ ("	\n\
 .ifndef " #dllname "_primed				\n\
-  .data							\n\
+  .section	.data_cygwin_nocopy,\"w\"		\n\
   .align	4					\n\
 ."#dllname "_info:					\n\
   .long		_std_dll_init				\n\