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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 66c5e38c4..33eef64d3 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -2359,6 +2359,8 @@ chroot (const char *newroot)
set_errno (ENOENT);
else if (!path.isdir ())
set_errno (ENOTDIR);
+ else if (path.isspecial ())
+ set_errno (EPERM);
else
{
getwinenv("PATH="); /* Save the native PATH */