diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 04f5b7af7..c22468e42 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-09-13  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* fork.cc (slow_pid_reuse): Temporarily double the number of pids held
+	to prevent pid reuse.
+
 2004-09-12  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* sigproc.cc (wait_sig): Ensure that waiting threads are awoken after
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fork.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fork.cc
index a2571a964..c65c22d39 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fork.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fork.cc
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ fork_child (HANDLE& hParent, dll *&first_dll, bool& load_dlls)
 static void
 slow_pid_reuse (HANDLE h)
 {
-  static NO_COPY HANDLE last_fork_procs[4] = {0};
+  static NO_COPY HANDLE last_fork_procs[8] = {0};
   static NO_COPY unsigned nfork_procs = 0;
 
   if (nfork_procs >= (sizeof (last_fork_procs) / sizeof (last_fork_procs [0])))