diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index a95c5f567..54af60a48 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-02-26  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler.cc (fhandler_base::fstat): Set all file times to arbitrary
+	fixed value.
+
 2007-02-26  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler_registry.cc (registry_listing): Drop name of HKEY_DYN_DATA.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
index 2a92d63dd..864a4e66e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
@@ -1138,7 +1138,8 @@ fhandler_base::fstat (struct __stat64 *buf)
   buf->st_gid = getegid32 ();
   buf->st_nlink = 1;
   buf->st_blksize = PREFERRED_IO_BLKSIZE;
-  time_as_timestruc_t (&buf->st_ctim);
+  buf->st_ctim.tv_sec = 1164931200L;	/* Arbitrary value: 2006-12-01 */
+  buf->st_ctim.tv_nsec = 0L;
   buf->st_atim = buf->st_mtim = buf->st_ctim;
   return 0;
 }