diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index aba346b9e..82851aa4a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2011-05-28  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2011@cgf.cx>
+
+	* dll_init.cc (reserve_upto): Remove.
+	(release_upto): Ditto.
+	(dll_list::reserve_space): New function to reserve space needed by
+	DLL_LOAD dlls early in the fork process.
+	(dll_list::load_after_fork): Rewrite to use recursion for tracking
+	reservations made while trying to make dlls land where they belong.
+	(dll_list::load_after_fork_impl): Ditto.
+	(dll_list::alloc): Initialize image base field.
+	* dll_init.h (struct dll_list): declare new functions.
+	(dll::image_size): New member.
+
 2011-05-28  Ryan Johnson  <ryan.johnson@cs.utoronto.ca>
 
 	* dll_init.cc (dll_list::find_by_modname): New function to search the
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc
index 6fc117c0a..7882ed65f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ dll_list::alloc (HINSTANCE h, per_process *p, dll_type type)
       d->handle = h;
       d->has_dtors = true;
       d->p = p;
+      d->image_size = ((pefile*)h)->optional_hdr ()->SizeOfImage;
       d->ndeps = 0;
       d->deps = NULL;
       d->modname = wcsrchr (d->name, L'\\');
@@ -416,21 +417,33 @@ release_upto (const PWCHAR name, DWORD here)
       }
 }
 
-/* Mark one page at "here" as reserved.  This may force
-   Windows NT to load a DLL elsewhere. */
+/* Reserve the chunk of free address space starting _here_ and (usually)
+   covering at least _dll_size_ bytes. However, we must take care not
+   to clobber the dll's target address range because it often overlaps.
+ */
 static DWORD
-reserve_at (const PWCHAR name, DWORD here)
+reserve_at (const PWCHAR name, DWORD here, DWORD dll_base, DWORD dll_size)
 {
   DWORD size;
   MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION mb;
 
   if (!VirtualQuery ((void *) here, &mb, sizeof (mb)))
-    size = 64 * 1024;
-
+    api_fatal ("couldn't examine memory at %08lx while mapping %W, %E",
+	       here, name);
   if (mb.State != MEM_FREE)
     return 0;
 
   size = mb.RegionSize;
+  
+  // don't clobber the space where we want the dll to land
+  DWORD end = here + size;
+  DWORD dll_end = dll_base + dll_size;
+  if (dll_base < here && dll_end > here)
+      here = dll_end; // the dll straddles our left edge
+  else if (dll_base >= here && dll_base < end)
+      end = dll_base; // the dll overlaps partly or fully to our right
+  
+  size = end - here;
   if (!VirtualAlloc ((void *) here, size, MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_NOACCESS))
     api_fatal ("couldn't allocate memory %p(%d) for '%W' alignment, %E\n",
                here, size, name);
@@ -508,7 +521,8 @@ dll_list::load_after_fork (HANDLE parent)
              can in the child, due to differences in the load ordering.
              Block memory at it's preferred address and try again. */
           if ((DWORD) h > (DWORD) d->handle)
-            preferred_block = reserve_at (d->name, (DWORD) h);
+            preferred_block = reserve_at (d->name, (DWORD) h,
+					  (DWORD) d->handle, d->image_size);
 
 	}
 }
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.h b/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.h
index 3a9a5c4f0..3fbe8760f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dll_init.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct dll
   int count;
   bool has_dtors;
   dll_type type;
+  DWORD image_size;
   long ndeps;
   dll** deps;
   PWCHAR modname;