diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index d2924ade9..e8185946e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-09-27  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* device.shilka (device::parse): Allow units on other than tty.
+
 2003-09-27  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* wincap.cc (wincapc::init): Allow requesting server info for NT4 SP6.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/devices.gperf b/winsup/cygwin/devices.gperf
index 2d5b784b2..49202a70c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/devices.gperf
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/devices.gperf
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ device::parse (const char *s)
       if (++len < prior_len)
 	{
 	  dev = lookup (s, len);
-	  if (!dev || (!dev->upper && !dev->devn == FH_TTY))
+	  if (!dev || !dev->upper)
 	    dev = NULL;
 	  else
 	    {
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/devices.shilka b/winsup/cygwin/devices.shilka
index 4f135ade1..544c9238e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/devices.shilka
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/devices.shilka
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ device::parse (const char *s)
       if (++len < prior_len)
 	{
 	  dev = KR_find_keyword (s, len);
-	  if (!dev || (!dev->upper && !dev->devn == FH_TTY))
+	  if (!dev || !dev->upper)
 	    dev = NULL;
 	  else
 	    {