diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 04083bf8b..08c2ac0e8 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2002-08-19  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* subshell.c (synchronize): Workaround for Cygwin (should not be
+	needed for the next version) - remove SIGCHLD blocking from
+	old_mask.
+
 	* dlg.h: Remove all unused flags for create_dlg().  Adjust all
 	dependencies.
 
diff --git a/src/subshell.c b/src/subshell.c
index 678f236e6..f3d2a6f57 100644
--- a/src/subshell.c
+++ b/src/subshell.c
@@ -1039,6 +1039,12 @@ static void synchronize (void)
     sigaddset (&sigchld_mask, SIGCHLD);
     sigprocmask (SIG_BLOCK, &sigchld_mask, &old_mask);
 
+    /*
+     * SIGCHLD should not be blocked, but we unblock it just in case.
+     * This is known to be useful for cygwin 1.3.12 and older.
+     */
+    sigdelset (&old_mask, SIGCHLD);
+
     /* Wait until the subshell has stopped */
     while (subshell_alive && !subshell_stopped)
 	sigsuspend (&old_mask);