diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 708d34b2e..962070994 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed May 23 10:11:00 2001  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* syscalls.cc (chown_worker): Don't check for ENOSYS.
+
 Tue May 22 12:20:07 2001  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* signal.cc (sleep): Protect with sigframe.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 48a8d72d2..6eb9ee1b2 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -724,12 +724,12 @@ chown_worker (const char *name, unsigned fmode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
 				    uid, gid, attrib,
 				    cygheap->user.logsrv ());
 	}
-      if (res != 0 && get_errno () == ENOSYS)
-      {
-	/* fake - if not supported, pretend we're like win95
-	   where it just works */
-	res = 0;
-      }
+      if (res != 0 && (!win32_path.has_acls () || !allow_ntsec))
+	{
+	  /* fake - if not supported, pretend we're like win95
+	     where it just works */
+	  res = 0;
+	}
     }
 
 done: