diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 50db4fbd4..11d1aad74 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Mar 10 13:20:50 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* sigproc.cc: Set wait_sig priority to normal.
+
 Fri Mar 10 13:03:06 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* sigproc.cc (wait_sig): Add addtional debugging output.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index e20f7791a..c36bd64db 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern BOOL allow_ntsec;
 #define WSPX		   20000 // Wait for wait_sig to terminate
 #define WWSP		   20000 // Wait for wait_subproc to terminate
 
-#define WAIT_SIG_PRIORITY		THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST
+#define WAIT_SIG_PRIORITY		THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
 
 #define TOTSIGS	(NSIG + __SIGOFFSET)