diff --git a/libgfortran/ChangeLog b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
index 065a4ba3c73..14d823d376c 100644
--- a/libgfortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-09-04  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
+
+	PR fortran/41219
+	* intrinsics/getlog.c: Define _POSIX for MINGW32.
+
 2009-09-03  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
 
 	PR fortran/41219
diff --git a/libgfortran/intrinsics/getlog.c b/libgfortran/intrinsics/getlog.c
index 0456c5796a2..e75aa1cb7d2 100644
--- a/libgfortran/intrinsics/getlog.c
+++ b/libgfortran/intrinsics/getlog.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
 #include <string.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#  if defined __MINGW32__ && defined  HAVE_GETLOGIN
+#    define _POSIX 1
+#  endif
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_PWD_H