diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 026db1d7b..360db15c3 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-07-17  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* mount.cc (mount_info::from_fstab_line): Default to binary mount.
+
 2008-07-16  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* path.cc (allow_winsymlinks): Revert default to create system bit
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/mount.cc b/winsup/cygwin/mount.cc
index 283d77241..7febd9016 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/mount.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/mount.cc
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ mount_info::from_fstab_line (char *line, bool user)
     return true;
   cend = find_ws (c);
   *cend = '\0';
-  unsigned mount_flags = MOUNT_SYSTEM;
+  unsigned mount_flags = MOUNT_SYSTEM | MOUNT_BINARY;
   if (!read_flags (c, mount_flags))
     return true;
   if (user)