diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 075cbade1..9f67f40d9 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Aug 25 21:49:00 2000  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* exec.cc (_execve): Change definition according to declaration in
+	newlib/libc/include/sys/unistd.h.
+
 Thu Aug 24 22:17:19 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* external.cc (cygwin_internal): Add CW_INIT_EXCEPTIONS to allow cygwin
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exec.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exec.cc
index e6765e87f..76a98074d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exec.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exec.cc
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ details. */
    in libc/posix/execve.c.  It calls us.  */
 
 extern "C"
-pid_t
-_execve (const char *path, const char *const argv[], const char *const envp[])
+int
+_execve (const char *path, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
 {
   static char *const empty_env[] = { 0 };
   MALLOC_CHECK;