diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index a7a54ae18..5c5e44c1a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+
+2003-02-13  Vaclav Haisman  <V.Haisman@sh.cvut.cz>
+            Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* fhandler_console.cc (fhandler_console::write_normal): Use MessageBeep
+	for bell sound.
+	* autoload.cc (MessageBeep): Add.
+
 2003-02-13  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* include/cygwin/types.h: Use correct ifdef guard for u_ definitions.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc b/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
index 3c21d1e29..805055c82 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ LoadDLLfunc (GetProcessWindowStation, 0, user32)
 LoadDLLfunc (GetThreadDesktop, 4, user32)
 LoadDLLfunc (GetUserObjectInformationA, 20, user32)
 LoadDLLfunc (KillTimer, 8, user32)
+LoadDLLfunc (MessageBeep, 4, user32)
 LoadDLLfunc (MessageBoxA, 16, user32)
 LoadDLLfunc (MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, 20, user32)
 LoadDLLfunc (OemToCharBuffA, 12, user32)
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
index 78fa5e323..3fb91252c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ fhandler_console::write_normal (const unsigned char *src,
       switch (base_chars[*src])
 	{
 	case BEL:
-	  Beep (412, 100);
+	  MessageBeep (0xFFFFFFFF);
 	  break;
 	case ESC:
 	  dev_state->state_ = gotesc;