diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index b9d9c681f..e644845cc 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-13  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* mount.cc (mount_info::from_fstab_line): Make cygdrive posix=0 by
+	default as documented.
+
 2009-02-13  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* cygwin.din: Export wcstod and wcstof.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/mount.cc b/winsup/cygwin/mount.cc
index a7cc07efb..5080ebd20 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/mount.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/mount.cc
@@ -914,6 +914,8 @@ mount_info::from_fstab_line (char *line, bool user)
   cend = find_ws (c);
   *cend = '\0';
   unsigned mount_flags = MOUNT_SYSTEM | MOUNT_BINARY;
+  if (!strcmp (fs_type, "cygdrive"))
+    mount_flags |= MOUNT_NOPOSIX;
   if (!read_flags (c, mount_flags))
     return true;
   if (user)