diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 1cdcd7e0b..16f1e9592 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-01-19  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* exec.cc (execlp): Add missing _P_PATH_TYPE_EXEC flag in call to
+	spawnve.
+
 2011-01-19  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* exec.cc: Rearrange functions in alphabetical order.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exec.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exec.cc
index 4ca232cef..e5d374711 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exec.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exec.cc
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ execlp (const char *file, const char *arg0, ...)
   while (argv[i++] != NULL);
   va_end (args);
   MALLOC_CHECK;
-  return spawnve (_P_OVERLAY, find_exec (file, buf, "PATH=", FE_NNF) ?: "",
+  return spawnve (_P_OVERLAY | _P_PATH_TYPE_EXEC,
+		  find_exec (file, buf, "PATH=", FE_NNF) ?: "",
 		  (char * const  *) argv, cur_environ ());
 }