diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index d48eed1c5..8a43e89a8 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-01-12  Christopher Faylor  <me@cgf.cx>
+
+	* external.cc (sync_winenv): Use cur_environ () rather than
+	__cygwin_environ.
+
 2007-01-12  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fork.cc (child_copy): Add missing Windows PID in debug output.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/external.cc b/winsup/cygwin/external.cc
index 9d092759a..4cfa07fb3 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/external.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/external.cc
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ sync_winenv ()
 {
   int unused_envc;
   char *envblock = NULL;
-  char **envp = build_env (__cygwin_environ, envblock, unused_envc, false);
+  char **envp = build_env (cur_environ (), envblock, unused_envc, false);
   char *p = envblock;
 
   if (envp)