diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 175136eef..67ce476f6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-10-07  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* dtable.cc (dtable::init_std_file_from_handle): Try to mimic standard
+	open behavior with files redirected from stdin/stdout/stderr, i.e.,
+	fmode settings take precedence over mount settings.
+
 2002-10-07  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* dtable.cc (unknown_file): New variable.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
index 064fe69bf..d18f99b6b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
@@ -267,8 +267,13 @@ dtable::init_std_file_from_handle (int fd, HANDLE handle, DWORD myaccess)
   else
     {
       path_conv pc;
-      build_fhandler_from_name (fd, name, handle, pc)
-	->init (handle, myaccess, (name == unknown_file) ? 0 : pc.binmode ());
+      unsigned bin;
+      fhandler_base *fh = build_fhandler_from_name (fd, name, handle, pc);
+      bin = fh->get_default_fmode (myaccess == GENERIC_READ ? O_RDONLY : O_WRONLY);
+      if (!bin && name != unknown_file)
+	bin = pc.binmode ();
+
+      fh->init (handle, myaccess, bin);
       set_std_handle (fd);
       paranoid_printf ("fd %d, handle %p", fd, handle);
     }