diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index a45b1e850..e64f943bc 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-05-22  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	[ mingw-Bugs-1961893 ]
+	* mingwex/gdtoa/mingw_snprint.c (x_sprintf): Always set __ldtoa
+	mode to 2 for E format.
+
 2008-05-15 Ramiro Polla <ramiro@lisha.ufsc.br>
 
 	* include/stdlib.h: Fix strtod under C++.
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/mingwex/gdtoa/mingw_snprintf.c b/winsup/mingw/mingwex/gdtoa/mingw_snprintf.c
index 5df2ab1f3..26f4573e8 100755
--- a/winsup/mingw/mingwex/gdtoa/mingw_snprintf.c
+++ b/winsup/mingw/mingwex/gdtoa/mingw_snprintf.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ x_sprintf
 				  }
 				if (prec < 0)
 					prec = 0;
-				s = s0 = __ldtoa(xx, prec ? 2 : 0, prec + 1, &decpt,
+				s = s0 = __ldtoa(xx,  2,  prec + 1, &decpt,
 					&sgn, &se);
 				if (decpt == -32768)
 					goto fmt9999;