diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index fd4dfce17..75c110a47 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-03-16  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* include/sys/param.h (MAXPATHLEN): Define.
+
 2003-03-16  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* include/tchar.h: Ansi-fy a comment.
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/include/sys/param.h b/winsup/mingw/include/sys/param.h
index 0d55c5512..5ff4c8779 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/include/sys/param.h
+++ b/winsup/mingw/include/sys/param.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 #define BIG_ENDIAN	4321
 #define LITTLE_ENDIAN	1234
 #define BYTE_ORDER	LITTLE_ENDIAN
+
+#define MAXPATHLEN PATH_MAX
+
 #endif
 
 #endif