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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 659f33185..d89b86484 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -872,6 +872,9 @@ lchown (const char * name, __uid16_t uid, __gid16_t gid)
extern "C" int
fchown32 (int fd, __uid32_t uid, __gid32_t gid)
{
+ if (!wincap.has_security ()) // real chown only works on NT
+ return 0; // return zero (and do nothing) under Windows 9x
+
cygheap_fdget cfd (fd);
if (cfd < 0)
{