diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5e7870a4a..c8755b873 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-11-10  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
+
+	* path.cc (normalize_win32_path): Don't add a trailing '\' if the cwd
+	returns a path with a trailing '\'.
+
 2008-11-07  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
 
 	* pthread.cc (pthread_mutex::_unlock): Avoid unlocking a mutex if the
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 1f9028a4d..d0eab0298 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -1346,7 +1346,8 @@ normalize_win32_path (const char *src, char *dst, char *&tail)
       else
 	{
 	  tail = strchr (tail, '\0');
-	  *tail++ = '\\';
+	  if (tail[-1] != '\\')
+	    *tail++ = '\\';
 	}
     }