diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 0ca345fed..6c708beab 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-03-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler_socket.cc (fhandler_socket::listen): Don't limit the number
+	of pipe instances.
+
 2005-03-08  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* pinfo.cc (pinfo::exit): Right shift exit value by eight when not
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc
index b7983a1f4..9dcd63959 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ fhandler_socket::listen (int backlog)
 	    CreateNamedPipe (eid_pipe_name ((char *) alloca (CYG_MAX_PATH + 1)),
 			     PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX,
 			     PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE | PIPE_READMODE_MESSAGE,
-			     1, sizeof (struct ucred), sizeof (struct ucred),
-			     1000, &sec_all);
+			     PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES, sizeof (struct ucred),
+			     sizeof (struct ucred), 1000, &sec_all);
 	  debug_printf ("sec_pipe: %x", sec_pipe);
 	}
       connect_state (connected);