diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 7bb939797..4dc50372a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-08-30  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
+
+	* dcrt0.cc (dll_crt0_0): Move sigproc_init later, after cygheap
+	initialization since it relies on the cygheap existing (even if
+	it shouldn't matter do to dll initialization serialization).
+
 2010-08-30  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* posix.sgml (std-notes): Fix typos and incorrectnesses.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
index 12e84f42e..4ab39afaa 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
@@ -702,12 +702,6 @@ dll_crt0_0 ()
 
   SetErrorMode (SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS | SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX);
 
-  /* Initialize signal processing here, early, in the hopes that the creation
-     of a thread early in the process will cause more predictability in memory
-     layout for the main thread. */
-  if (!dynamically_loaded)
-    sigproc_init ();
-
   lock_process::init ();
   _impure_ptr = _GLOBAL_REENT;
   _impure_ptr->_stdin = &_impure_ptr->__sf[0];
@@ -746,6 +740,12 @@ dll_crt0_0 ()
 	}
     }
 
+  /* Initialize signal processing here, early, in the hopes that the creation
+     of a thread early in the process will cause more predictability in memory
+     layout for the main thread. */
+  if (!dynamically_loaded)
+    sigproc_init ();
+
   user_data->threadinterface->Init ();
 
   _cygtls::init ();