diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
index 7cfe3e288..c98612256 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-01-31  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* mkpasswd.c (main): Set default home path for 9x/Me if --path-to-home
+	isn't given.
+
 2002-01-30  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* passwd.cc (ChangePW): Add parameter to differ between called for
diff --git a/winsup/utils/mkpasswd.c b/winsup/utils/mkpasswd.c
index 657709b63..f0b41eccb 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/mkpasswd.c
+++ b/winsup/utils/mkpasswd.c
@@ -525,6 +525,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       if (!GetUserName (name, (len = 256, &len)))
 	strcpy (name, "unknown");
 
+      if (passed_home_path[0] == '\0')
+	strcpy (passed_home_path, "/home/");
+
       printf ("%s::%ld:%ld::%s%s:/bin/bash\n", name,
 					     DOMAIN_USER_RID_ADMIN,
 					     DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_ADMINS,