diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 2bbf5f6dc..b6786e575 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-04-05  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* passwd.cc (pwdgrp::read_passwd): Fix pretty_ls entry tyo contain
+	the required number of colons.
+
 2012-04-04  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
 
 	* fhandler.h (fhandler_pty_common::bytes_available): Declare new
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/passwd.cc b/winsup/cygwin/passwd.cc
index 74b8020b8..6e012ed68 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/passwd.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/passwd.cc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pwdgrp::read_passwd ()
   bool searchentry = true;
   struct passwd *pw;
   /* must be static */
-  static char NO_COPY pretty_ls[] = "????????:*:-1:-1:";
+  static char NO_COPY pretty_ls[] = "????????:*:-1:-1:::";
 
   add_line (pretty_ls);
   cygsid tu = cygheap->user.sid ();