diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
index af334805a..d719b7ca2 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
@@ -1529,6 +1529,15 @@ fhandler_dev_null::fhandler_dev_null () :
 {
 }
 
+ssize_t __stdcall
+fhandler_dev_null::write (const void *ptr, size_t len)
+{
+  /* Shortcut.  This also fixes a problem with the NUL device on 64 bit:
+     If you write > 4 GB in a single attempt, the bytes written returned
+     from by is numBytes & 0xffffffff. */
+  return len;
+}
+
 void
 fhandler_base::set_no_inheritance (HANDLE &h, bool not_inheriting)
 {
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
index 14f7680ad..153e3847f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
@@ -1682,6 +1682,8 @@ class fhandler_dev_null: public fhandler_base
     copyto (fh);
     return fh;
   }
+
+  ssize_t __stdcall write (const void *ptr, size_t len);
 };
 
 class fhandler_dev_zero: public fhandler_base