diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 893d59489..08445e463 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-12-04  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* path.cc (slash_unc_prefix_p): Allow '.' as a valid character after
+	'\\' in a UNC path.
+
 2003-12-04  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* exceptions.cc (setup_handler): Remove ill-advised debugging output.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index ea8009af0..a88ad6fc1 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ slash_unc_prefix_p (const char *path)
   char *p = NULL;
   int ret = (isdirsep (path[0])
 	     && isdirsep (path[1])
-	     && isalnum (path[2])
+	     && (isalnum (path[2]) || path[2] == '.')
 	     && ((p = strpbrk (path + 3, "\\/")) != NULL));
   if (!ret || p == NULL)
     return ret;