diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
index a4dc2a7b9..677ab6edd 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-26  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* mkgroup.c (main): Print "root" group with local admins group sid
+	and gid 0.
+
 2003-11-19  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Add rules to build ipcrm and ipcs.
diff --git a/winsup/utils/mkgroup.c b/winsup/utils/mkgroup.c
index d6a5092ec..82039e58c 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/mkgroup.c
+++ b/winsup/utils/mkgroup.c
@@ -636,6 +636,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   if (print_local)
     {
+      /*
+       * Very special feature for the oncoming future:
+       * Create a "root" group account, being actually the local
+       * Administrators group.  Since user name, sid and gid are
+       * fixed, there's no need to call print_special() for this.
+       */
+      printf ("root:S-1-5-32-544:0:\n");
+
       /*
        * Get `system' group
        */