diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index d8429999e..1aecb1089 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Mon Jul  4 18:57:00 2000  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* poll.cc: New file. Implement `poll' system call.
+	* include/poll.h: Ditto.
+	* include/sys/poll.h: Ditto.
+	* Makefile.in: Add poll.o as dependency.
+        * cygwin.din: Add poll and _poll symbols.
+
 2000-07-04  Kazuhiro Fujieda  <fujieda@jaist.ac.jp>
 
 	* dcrt0.cc (dll_crt0_1): Eliminate SetFileApisToOEM and CharToOem.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in b/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in
index 263d0ad28..683dff1f4 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ DLL_OFILES:=assert.o dcrt0.o debug.o delqueue.o dir.o dlfcn.o dll_init.o \
 	fhandler_serial.o fhandler_tape.o fhandler_termios.o fhandler_tty.o \
 	fhandler_windows.o fhandler_zero.o fork.o glob.o grp.o heap.o hinfo.o \
 	init.o ioctl.o localtime.o malloc.o mmap.o net.o ntea.o passwd.o \
-	path.o pinfo.o pipe.o regexp.o regerror.o regsub.o registry.o \
+	path.o pinfo.o pipe.o poll.o regexp.o regerror.o regsub.o registry.o \
 	resource.o scandir.o security.o select.o shared.o signal.o sigproc.o \
 	smallprint.o spawn.o strace.o strsep.o sync.o syscalls.o sysconf.o \
 	syslog.o termios.o times.o tty.o uinfo.o uname.o wait.o window.o \
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ passwd.o: $(WINSUP_H)
 path.o: $(WINSUP_H)
 pinfo.o: $(WINSUP_H)
 pipe.o: $(WINSUP_H)
+poll.o: $(WINSUP_H)
 profile.o: profil.h
 pthread.o: $(WINSUP_H)
 registry.o: $(WINSUP_H)
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygwin.din b/winsup/cygwin/cygwin.din
index ed2fdcd91..22c113724 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygwin.din
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygwin.din
@@ -527,6 +527,8 @@ perror
 _perror = perror
 pipe
 _pipe
+poll
+_poll = poll
 pow
 _pow = pow
 powf
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/poll.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/poll.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06fb41ab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/poll.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include <sys/poll.h>
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/poll.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/poll.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c33639ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/poll.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* sys/poll.h
+
+   Copyright 2000 Cygnus Solutions.
+
+   This file is part of Cygwin.
+
+   This software is a copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
+   Cygwin license.  Please consult the file "CYGWIN_LICENSE" for
+   details. */
+
+#ifndef _SYS_POLL_H
+#define _SYS_POLL_H
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define POLLIN  1       /* Set if data to read. */
+#define POLLPRI 2       /* Set if urgent data to read. */
+#define POLLOUT 4       /* Set if writing data wouldn't block. */
+#define POLLERR   8     /* An error occured, not used by Cygwin. */
+#define POLLHUP  16     /* Shutdown or close happened. */
+#define POLLNVAL 32     /* Invalid file descriptor. */
+
+#define NPOLLFILE 64    /* Number of canonical fd's in one call to poll(). */
+
+/* The following values are defined by XPG4. */
+#define POLLRDNORM POLLIN
+#define POLLRDBAND POLLPRI
+#define POLLWRNORM POLLOUT
+#define POLLWRBAND POLLOUT
+
+struct pollfd {
+  int fd;
+  short events;
+  short revents;
+};
+
+extern int poll __P ((struct pollfd *fds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout));
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* _SYS_POLL_H */
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/poll.cc b/winsup/cygwin/poll.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e806b5ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/poll.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* poll.cc. Implements poll(2) via usage of select(2) call.
+
+   Copyright 2000 Cygnus Solutions.
+
+   This file is part of Cygwin.
+
+   This software is a copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
+   Cygwin license.  Please consult the file "CYGWIN_LICENSE" for
+   details. */
+
+#include <sys/poll.h>
+#include "winsup.h"
+
+extern "C"
+int
+poll (struct pollfd *fds, unsigned int nfds, int timeout)
+{
+  int max_fd = 0;
+  fd_set open_fds, read_fds, write_fds, except_fds;
+  struct timeval tv = { timeout / 1000, (timeout % 1000) * 1000 };
+
+  FD_ZERO (&read_fds);
+  FD_ZERO (&write_fds);
+  FD_ZERO (&except_fds);
+
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nfds; ++i)
+    if (!dtable.not_open (fds[i].fd))
+      {
+        FD_SET (fds[i].fd, &open_fds);
+        if (fds[i].events & POLLIN)
+          FD_SET (fds[i].fd, &read_fds);
+        if (fds[i].events & POLLOUT)
+          FD_SET (fds[i].fd, &write_fds);
+        if (fds[i].events & POLLPRI)
+          FD_SET (fds[i].fd, &except_fds);
+        if (fds[i].fd > max_fd)
+          max_fd = fds[i].fd;
+      }
+
+  int ret = cygwin_select (max_fd + 1, &read_fds, &write_fds, &except_fds,
+                           timeout < 0 ? NULL : &tv);
+
+  if (ret >= 0)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nfds; ++i)
+      {
+        if (!FD_ISSET (fds[i].fd, &open_fds))
+	  fds[i].revents = POLLNVAL;
+        else if (dtable.not_open(fds[i].fd))
+	  fds[i].revents = POLLHUP;
+        else
+	  {
+            fds[i].revents = 0;
+	    if (!FD_ISSET (fds[i].fd, &read_fds))
+	      fds[i].revents |= POLLIN;
+	    if (!FD_ISSET (fds[i].fd, &write_fds))
+	      fds[i].revents |= POLLOUT;
+	    if (!FD_ISSET (fds[i].fd, &except_fds))
+	      fds[i].revents |= POLLPRI;
+	  }
+      }
+
+  return ret;
+}