diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index bac1fd100..4bff31081 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Sep 12 23:02:00 2001  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* wincap.cc (wincapc::init): Set os name to "NT" on XP, too.
+
 Wed Sep 12 19:00:00 2001  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Build wincap.o.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc b/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc
index 208f08972..c4c4188b4 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ wincapc::init ()
 		}
 	      else
 	        {
-		  os = "XP";
+		  os = "NT";
 		  caps = &wincap_xp;
 		}
 	      break;