diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 28ee6bc4b..d2f84e3be 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-04-08  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* pipe.cc (fhandler_pipe::open): Remove O_CREAT limitation.
+
 2005-04-07  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* syslog.cc (try_connect_guard): Remove useless conditionalized code.
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@
 	cygheap->user.deimpersonate instead of RevertToSelf.  Create
 	impersonation token from primary internal or external token.  Set
 	cygheap->user.curr_primary_token and cygheap->user.current_token
-	privileges once here.  Drop "failed" and "failed_ptok" labels. 
+	privileges once here.  Drop "failed" and "failed_ptok" labels.
 	Drop setting DefaultDacl of process token.
 	(setegid32): Use hProcToken and hProcImpToken instead of opening
 	process token. Always reimpersonate afterwards.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc
index 48499f4bc..4bdb1e8c1 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ fhandler_pipe::open (int flags, mode_t mode)
   size_t size;
   int pid, rwflags = (flags & O_ACCMODE);
 
-  if (flags & O_CREAT)
-    {
-      set_errno (EACCES);
-      return 0;
-    }
   sscanf (get_name (), "/proc/%d/fd/pipe:[%d]", &pid, (int *) &pipe_hdl);
   if (pid == myself->pid)
     {