diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1e7d0cb6d6..71f1660f1a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+1829.	[bug]		win32: "pid-file none;" broken. [RT #13563]
+
 1828.	[bug]		isc_rwlock_init() failed to properly cleanup if it
 			encountered a error. [RT #13549]
 
diff --git a/bin/named/win32/os.c b/bin/named/win32/os.c
index 6f8fa90716..503524ba58 100644
--- a/bin/named/win32/os.c
+++ b/bin/named/win32/os.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: os.c,v 1.21 2004/09/29 06:45:38 marka Exp $ */
+/* $Id: os.c,v 1.22 2005/03/15 23:16:53 marka Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ ns_os_writepidfile(const char *filename, isc_boolean_t first_time) {
 
 	cleanup_pidfile();
 
-	if (strcmp(filename, "none") == 0)
+	if (filename == NULL)
 		return;
 	len = strlen(filename);
 	pidfile = malloc(len + 1);