diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index b6b0949c3de..fc377f7cefb 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-05-12  David Billinghurst <billingd@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	* lib/target-supports.exp (check_profiling_available): Return
+ 	false for -p on *-*-cygwin* targets.
+
 2009-05-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR tree-optimization/38632
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp b/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
index 92bde7886a9..56f7877dd18 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ proc check_profiling_available { test_what } {
 	return 0
     }
 
+    # cygwin does not support -p.
+    if { [istarget *-*-cygwin*] && [lindex $test_what 1] == "-p" } {
+	return 0
+    }
+
     # uClibc does not have gcrt1.o.
     if { [check_effective_target_uclibc]
 	 && ([lindex $test_what 1] == "-p"