diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 797af106c..4b21ef3be 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-12  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* exceptions.cc (ctrl_c_handler): Don't send a signal on
+	CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT.  Add a comment to rationalize the patch.
+
 2003-06-11  Thomas Pfaff  <tpfaff@gmx.net>
 
 	* thread.cc (pthread_attr_init): Return 0 if attribute is already
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
index fe57c53bc..a6020415e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
@@ -932,7 +932,13 @@ ctrl_c_handler (DWORD type)
      is shut down or console window is closed. */
   if (type == CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT)
     {
+#if 0
+      /* Don't send a signal.  Only NT service applications and their child
+         processes will receive this event and the services typically already
+	 handle the shutdown action when getting the SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN
+	 control message. */
       sig_send (NULL, SIGTERM);
+#endif
       return FALSE;
     }
   if (type == CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT)