diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 94ca8f1c6..ecc4de15d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-07-23  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* dtable.cc (dtable::get_debugger_info): Make stderr r/w according
+	to SUSv3.
+
 2004-07-22  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler_tty.cc (fhandler_tty_slave::open): Use requested flag
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
index c9f0cde7e..cc72a2a9f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ dtable::get_debugger_info ()
 	    if (!fh)
 	      continue;
 	    fds[i] = fh;
-	    if (!fh->open ((i ? O_WRONLY : O_RDONLY) | O_BINARY, 0777))
+	    if (!fh->open ((i ? (i == 2 ? O_RDWR : O_WRONLY) : O_RDONLY)
+			   | O_BINARY, 0777))
 	      release (i);
 	    else
 	      CloseHandle (h);