diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 00b50929f..a013038ef 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-03-21  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* spawn.cc (find_exec): Return input if file not found.
+
 2002-03-19  Boris Schaeling  <boriss@web.de>
 
         * poll.cc (poll): Add support for invalid descriptors.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
index b5dc670ce..902066524 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ find_exec (const char *name, path_conv& buf, const char *mywinenv,
 {
   const char *suffix = "";
   debug_printf ("find_exec (%s)", name);
-  char *retval = buf;
+  const char *retval = buf;
   char tmp[MAX_PATH];
   const char *posix = (opt & FE_NATIVE) ? NULL : name;
   bool has_slash = strchr (name, '/');
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ find_exec (const char *name, path_conv& buf, const char *mywinenv,
     retval = NULL;
   else if (opt & FE_NATIVE)
     buf.check (name);
+  else
+    retval = name;
 
  out:
   if (posix)