diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 18486f8c4..7f17cfee8 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-01-12  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* fhandler_console.cc (set_console_state_for_spawn): Fix to recognize
+	ttys >= 0.
+
 2006-01-12  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* fhandler.h (set_console_state_for_spawn): Whackamole the argument
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
index 5ca26d2f3..e3af92438 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void __stdcall
 set_console_state_for_spawn (bool iscyg)
 {
   if (fhandler_console::need_invisible () || iscyg
-      || (myself->ctty > 0 && myself->ctty != TTY_CONSOLE))
+      || (myself->ctty >= 0 && myself->ctty != TTY_CONSOLE))
     return;
 
   HANDLE h = CreateFile ("CONIN$", GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_WRITE,