diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 080f991a2..13748329a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-04-20  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler.cc (fhandler_base::open): Add FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES when
+	only GENERIC_WRITE access is requested.
+
 2004-04-19  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* include/cygwin/mtio.h (GMT_ASYNC): New define.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
index a3ef1bb32..e02d4e507 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ fhandler_base::open (int flags, mode_t mode)
 	if ((flags & (O_RDONLY | O_WRONLY | O_RDWR)) == O_RDONLY)
 	  access = GENERIC_READ;
 	else if ((flags & (O_RDONLY | O_WRONLY | O_RDWR)) == O_WRONLY)
-	  access = GENERIC_WRITE;
+	  access = GENERIC_WRITE | FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES;
 	else
 	  access = GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE;
 	/* Allow reliable lseek on disk devices. */