diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index ef02345a9..a8e45ab48 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-03-06  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* path.cc (normalize_posix_path): Avoid runs of '.'s > 2.
+
 2002-03-05  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* errno.cc: Change EPERM associated text to "Operation not permitted"
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 01798209f..e95f6caf1 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -249,7 +249,11 @@ normalize_posix_path (const char *src, char *dst)
 		    break;
 		}
 	      else if (src[2] && !isslash (src[2]))
-		break;
+		{
+		  if (src[2] == '.')
+		    return ENOENT;
+		  break;
+		}
 	      else
 		{
 		  while (dst > dst_start && !isslash (*--dst))