diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 812653538..994e9c58f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2003-03-19  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_CHECK_FOR_USING_BIG_TYPES):
+	Define.
+	* glob.c (g_lstat): Use CYGWIN_VERSION_CHECK_FOR_USING_BIG_TYPES
+	instead of numerical constants.
+	(g_stat): Ditto.
+
 2003-03-18  Thomas Pfaff  <tpfaff@gmx.net>
 
 	* pthread.cc (pthread_attr_init): Remove
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/glob.c b/winsup/cygwin/glob.c
index c74a7812c..37e0317a6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/glob.c
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/glob.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 
 #include "perprocess.h"
+#include "cygwin/version.h"
 
 #ifdef __weak_alias
 #ifdef __LIBC12_SOURCE__
@@ -840,7 +841,7 @@ g_lstat(fn, sb, pglob)
 		struct __stat32 lsb;
 		int ret;
 
-		if (user_data->api_major > 0 || user_data->api_minor > 78)
+		if (CYGWIN_VERSION_CHECK_FOR_USING_BIG_TYPES)
 		  ret = (*pglob->gl_lstat)(buf, &sb);
 		else if (!(ret = (*pglob->gl_lstat)(buf, &lsb)))
 			stat32_to_STAT (&lsb, sb);
@@ -866,7 +867,7 @@ g_stat(fn, sb, pglob)
 		struct __stat32 lsb;
 		int ret;
 
-		if (user_data->api_major > 0 || user_data->api_minor > 78)
+		if (CYGWIN_VERSION_CHECK_FOR_USING_BIG_TYPES)
 		  ret = (*pglob->gl_stat)(buf, &sb);
 		if (!(ret = (*pglob->gl_stat)(buf, &lsb)))
 			stat32_to_STAT (&lsb, sb);
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/version.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/version.h
index 60cfd10b4..6ca91004a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/version.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/version.h
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ details. */
 #define CYGWIN_VERSION_CHECK_FOR_OLD_O_NONBLOCK \
   (CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MAKE_COMBINED (user_data->api_major, user_data->api_minor) <= \
   28)
+
+#define CYGWIN_VERSION_CHECK_FOR_USING_BIG_TYPES \
+  (CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MAKE_COMBINED (user_data->api_major, user_data->api_minor) >= \
+  79)
      /* We used to use the DLL major/minor to track
 	non-backward-compatible interface changes to the API.  Now we
 	use an API major/minor number for this purpose. */