diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 5ea869ca9d..2fc90f6a09 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-06-29  Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/bigcore.exp: Skip test on Cygwin.
+
 2004-06-28  Michael Chastain  <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>
 
 	* gdb.hp/gdb.base-hp/reg.exp: Accept both old and new gdb output
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp
index adedb39975..b720136536 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ if ![isnative] then {
 
 if { [istarget "*-*-*bsd*"]
      || [istarget "*-*-hpux*"]
-     || [istarget "*-*-solaris*"] } {
+     || [istarget "*-*-solaris*"] 
+     || [istarget "*-*-cygwin*"] } {
     untested "Kernel lacks sparse corefile support (PR gdb/1551)"
     return
 }