diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index be8a50d71..213bae85b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 	Basically, remove deprecated mingw32 specific api, and change
 	housekeeper to try to make it as invisible as possible in terms of
 	side effects.
+	* Source/NSFileManager.m: Fix mingw determination of the ownership
+	of a directory.
 
 2006-03-03  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/Source/NSFileManager.m b/Source/NSFileManager.m
index 06f016e40..cbbdc9010 100644
--- a/Source/NSFileManager.m
+++ b/Source/NSFileManager.m
@@ -2847,7 +2847,7 @@ static NSSet	*fileKeys = nil;
     FILE_SHARE_READ,
     0,
     OPEN_EXISTING,
-    FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+    FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS,
     0);
 
   // Check GetLastError for CreateFile error code.
@@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ static NSSet	*fileKeys = nil;
     FILE_SHARE_READ,
     0,
     OPEN_EXISTING,
-    FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+    FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS,
     0);
 
   // Check GetLastError for CreateFile error code.