diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index f5555156a..73eb35a67 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-26  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* uinfo.cc (pwdgrp::load): Open file with FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT
+	flag.
+
 2009-01-24  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* mount.cc (mount_info::from_fstab): Open fstab file with
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
index 9b6733f22..8ca382bfe 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
@@ -543,7 +543,9 @@ pwdgrp::load (const wchar_t *rel_path)
   paranoid_printf ("%S", &upath);
 
   status = NtOpenFile (&fh, SYNCHRONIZE | FILE_READ_DATA, &attr, &io,
-		       FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS, FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT);
+		       FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS,
+		       FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT
+		       | FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT);
   if (!NT_SUCCESS (status))
     {
       paranoid_printf ("NtOpenFile(%S) failed, status %p", &upath, status);