diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index fe83089da..f5c38fdd6 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-02-07  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* init.cc (respawn_wow64_process): Exit with the exit code returned
+	by the respawned process.
+
 2006-02-06  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	Always zero all elements of siginfo_t throughout.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/init.cc b/winsup/cygwin/init.cc
index 0f1827a63..5a4d5690b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/init.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/init.cc
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ respawn_wow64_process ()
     {
       PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
       STARTUPINFO si;
+      DWORD ret = 0;
+
       GetStartupInfo (&si);
       if (!CreateProcessA (NULL, GetCommandLineA (), NULL, NULL, TRUE,
 			   CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE
@@ -131,8 +133,9 @@ respawn_wow64_process ()
       CloseHandle (pi.hThread);
       if (WaitForSingleObject (pi.hProcess, INFINITE) == WAIT_FAILED)
 	api_fatal ("Waiting for process %d failed, %E", pi.dwProcessId);
+      GetExitCodeProcess (pi.hProcess, &ret);
       CloseHandle (pi.hProcess);
-      ExitProcess (0);
+      ExitProcess (ret);
     }
 }