diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index fc987ca61..3795675f8 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-03-30  Igor Pechtchanski  <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
+
+	* path.cc (symlink_info::case_check): Ignore trailing characters
+	in paths when comparing case.
+
 2005-03-30  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* environ.h (win_env::immediate): Declare new field.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 62227e671..a728cf86e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -3230,7 +3230,7 @@ symlink_info::case_check (char *path)
       FindClose (h);
 
       /* If that part of the component exists, check the case. */
-      if (strcmp (c, data.cFileName))
+      if (strncmp (c, data.cFileName, strlen (data.cFileName)))
 	{
 	  case_clash = true;