diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 30e1df40d..b5761e3a4 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-08-20  Yaakov Selkowitz  <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* include/paths.h (_PATH_MAILDIR): Define.
+	(_PATH_SHELLS): Define.
+
 2011-08-20  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler_process.cc (format_process_maps): Define page protection
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/paths.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/paths.h
index daeced64c..0cd630ceb 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/paths.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/paths.h
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ details. */
 #define _PATH_DEV	"/dev/"
 #define _PATH_DEVNULL	"/dev/null"
 #define _PATH_LASTLOG	"/var/log/lastlog"
+#define _PATH_MAILDIR	"/var/spool/mail/"
 #define _PATH_MAN	"/usr/share/man"
 #define _PATH_MEM	"/dev/mem"
 #define _PATH_MNTTAB	"/etc/fstab"
 #define _PATH_MOUNTED	"/etc/mtab"
+#define _PATH_SHELLS	"/etc/shells"
 #define _PATH_STDPATH	"/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
 #define _PATH_TMP	"/tmp/"
 #define _PATH_TTY	"/dev/tty"