diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5f98dc1c1..5afe46090 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Aug 29 00:40:42 2001  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* path.cc (path_conv::check): Avoid splitting off leading '/' in path
+	component when building a symlink.
+
 Wed Aug 29  0:45:00 2001  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* resource.cc (getrlimit): Return actual values on RLIMIT_STACK.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 65c09525a..25d2174bd 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -615,6 +615,8 @@ path_conv::check (const char *src, unsigned opt,
 	 to the symbolic link. */
       if ((p = strrchr (path_copy, '/')) == NULL)
 	p = path_copy;
+      else if (p == path_copy)
+	p++;
       *p = '\0';
 
       char *headptr;