diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5c02e0c15..4aa1a005c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-03-29  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
+
+	* exceptions.cc (ctrl_c_handler): Don't generate a SIGINT if we've
+	execed a non-cygwin process.  Let the Windows process deal with it
+	itself.
+
 2012-03-28  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
 
 	* sigproc.cc (proc_terminate): Avoid releasing myself.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
index c6497f3b1..458029f35 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
@@ -996,8 +996,9 @@ ctrl_c_handler (DWORD type)
   tty_min *t = cygwin_shared->tty.get_cttyp ();
   /* Ignore this if we're not the process group leader since it should be handled
      *by* the process group leader. */
-  if (t && t->getpgid () == myself->pid &&
-       (GetTickCount () - t->last_ctrl_c) >= MIN_CTRL_C_SLOP)
+  if (t && (!have_execed || have_execed_cygwin)
+      && t->getpgid () == myself->pid &&
+      (GetTickCount () - t->last_ctrl_c) >= MIN_CTRL_C_SLOP)
     /* Otherwise we just send a SIGINT to the process group and return TRUE (to indicate
        that we have handled the signal).  At this point, type should be
        a CTRL_C_EVENT or CTRL_BREAK_EVENT. */