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diff --git a/lib/w32spawn.h b/lib/w32spawn.h
index 18e64d7d5..9ebf5bc49 100644
--- a/lib/w32spawn.h
+++ b/lib/w32spawn.h
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /* Auxiliary functions for the creation of subprocesses.  Native Woe32 API.
-   Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Written by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, 2003.
 
-   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-   any later version.
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
 
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
    GNU General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 /* Get declarations of the Win32 API functions.  */
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
@@ -24,9 +23,9 @@
 #include <io.h>
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include "strpbrk.h"
 #include "xalloc.h"
 
 /* Duplicates a file handle, making the copy uninheritable.  */
@@ -92,7 +91,15 @@ prepare_spawn (char **argv)
     ;
 
   /* Allocate new argument vector.  */
-  new_argv = (char **) xmalloc ((argc + 1) * sizeof (char *));
+  new_argv = XNMALLOC (1 + argc + 1, char *);
+
+  /* Add an element upfront that can be used when argv[0] turns out to be a
+     script, not a program.
+     On Unix, this would be "/bin/sh". On native Windows, "sh" is actually
+     "sh.exe".  We have to omit the directory part and rely on the search in
+     PATH, because the mingw "mount points" are not visible inside Win32
+     CreateProcess().  */
+  *new_argv++ = "sh.exe";
 
   /* Put quoted arguments into the new argument vector.  */
   for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)