diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index eeacb514a..abe54a630 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Apr 18 17:26:43 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* dcrt0.cc (globify): Don't use \ quoting when apparently quoting a DOS
+	path spec.
+
 Sun Apr 16 18:54:21 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* init.cc (dll_entry): Use better check for determining when to set
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
index 5fd9cd4b1..5f0ad4958 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ globify (char *word, char **&argv, int &argc, int &argvlen)
   int n = 0;
   char *p, *s;
   int dos_spec = isalpha(*word) && word[1] == ':' ? 1 : 0;
+  if (!dos_spec && isquote(*word) && word[1] && word[2])
+    dos_spec = isalpha(word[1]) && word[2] == ':' ? 1 : 0;
 
   /* We'll need more space if there are quoting characters in
      word.  If that is the case, doubling the size of the
@@ -330,7 +332,11 @@ globify (char *word, char **&argv, int &argc, int &argvlen)
 	char quote = *s;
 	while (*++s && *s != quote)
 	  {
-	    if (*s == '\\' && s[1] == quote)
+	    if (*s != '\\')
+	      /* nothing */;
+	    else if (dos_spec)
+	      *p++ = '\\';
+	    else if (s[1] == quote || s[1] == '\\')
 	      s++;
 	    *p++ = '\\';
 	    *p++ = *s;