diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 436f853a2..f26544b17 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-08-23  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* syscalls.cc (_remove_r): Define.
+
 2003-08-22  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* cygheap.h (enum cygheap_types): Add HEAP_MMAP.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index dedab012e..8dd659ab4 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -231,6 +231,21 @@ unlink (const char *ourname)
   return res;
 }
 
+extern "C" int
+_remove_r (struct _reent *, const char *ourname)
+{
+  path_conv win32_name (ourname, PC_SYM_NOFOLLOW | PC_FULL);
+
+  if (win32_name.error)
+    {
+      set_errno (win32_name.error);
+      syscall_printf ("-1 = remove (%s)", ourname);
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  return win32_name.isdir () ? rmdir (ourname) : unlink (ourname);
+}
+
 extern "C" int
 remove (const char *ourname)
 {