diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 4d9dcb7ef..77fd94ac2 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-11-02  Yaakov Selkowitz  <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* include/paths.h (_PATH_VARTMP): Define.
+
 2010-10-30  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
 
 	* localtime.cc (is_upper): Rename to isupper and include ctype.h to
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/paths.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/paths.h
index 8194f415b..daeced64c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/paths.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/paths.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ details. */
 #define _PATH_TTY	"/dev/tty"
 #define _PATH_UTMP	"/var/run/utmp"
 #define _PATH_VARRUN	"/var/run/"
+#define _PATH_VARTMP	"/var/tmp/"
 #define _PATH_VI        "/bin/vi"
 #define _PATH_WTMP	"/var/log/wtmp"