diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/console.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/console.cc
index 9cdc13dd2..ac47c8374 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/console.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/console.cc
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ fhandler_console::attach_console (pid_t owner, bool *err)
       DWORD attached =
 	fhandler_pty_common::get_console_process_id (p->dwProcessId,
 						     true, false, false);
+      if (!attached)
+	attached =
+	  fhandler_pty_common::get_console_process_id (p->exec_dwProcessId,
+						       true, false, false);
       if (!attached)
 	{
 	  resume_pid =
@@ -91,6 +95,8 @@ fhandler_console::attach_console (pid_t owner, bool *err)
 							 false, false, false);
 	  FreeConsole ();
 	  BOOL r = AttachConsole (p->dwProcessId);
+	  if (!r)
+	    r = AttachConsole (p->exec_dwProcessId);
 	  if (!r)
 	    {
 	      if (resume_pid)