diff --git a/boehm-gc/ChangeLog b/boehm-gc/ChangeLog
index cdb7f7c1d90823ed8f99ce71333464b11de7592b..ca5f33ce61300d115678d4583b5b392b127942e3 100644
--- a/boehm-gc/ChangeLog
+++ b/boehm-gc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2006-06-20  Ranjit Mathew  <rmathew@gcc.gnu.org>
+	
+	Backport Windows 9x/ME VirtualQuery() fix from GC 6.7.
+	* os_dep.c (GC_wnt): Define.
+	(GC_init_win32): Set GC_wnt.
+	* dyn_load.c (GC_register_dynamic_libraries): Consider MEM_PRIVATE
+	sections also on Windows 9x/ME.
+
 2006-06-02  Geoffrey Keating  <geoffk@apple.com>
 
 	* configure.ac: Define HAS_PPC_THREAD_STATE_R0,
diff --git a/boehm-gc/dyn_load.c b/boehm-gc/dyn_load.c
index 94e66092e3133643d07661f22ff41f19291013b4..3485474bee514605a0ae387039b24d7d25f2dc92 100644
--- a/boehm-gc/dyn_load.c
+++ b/boehm-gc/dyn_load.c
@@ -860,6 +860,9 @@ void GC_register_dynamic_libraries()
   }
 # endif /* DEBUG_VIRTUALQUERY */
 
+  extern GC_bool GC_wnt;  /* Is Windows NT derivative.		*/
+  			  /* Defined and set in os_dep.c.	*/
+
   void GC_register_dynamic_libraries()
   {
     MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION buf;
@@ -901,7 +904,12 @@ void GC_register_dynamic_libraries()
 		 * !is_frame_buffer(p, buf.RegionSize, buf.Type)
 		 * instead of just checking for MEM_IMAGE.
 		 * If something breaks, change it back. */
-		&& buf.Type == MEM_IMAGE) {  
+		/* There is some evidence that we cannot always
+		 * ignore MEM_PRIVATE sections under Windows ME
+		 * and predecessors.  Hence we now also check for
+		 * that case.	*/
+		&& (buf.Type == MEM_IMAGE ||
+		    !GC_wnt && buf.Type == MEM_PRIVATE)) {  
 #	        ifdef DEBUG_VIRTUALQUERY
 	          GC_dump_meminfo(&buf);
 #	        endif
diff --git a/boehm-gc/os_dep.c b/boehm-gc/os_dep.c
index fb50a4554b778e9168e3a8fd6ee54da81e88229e..13692d9bcd656903830bb36029b9e28b802d725c 100644
--- a/boehm-gc/os_dep.c
+++ b/boehm-gc/os_dep.c
@@ -1181,12 +1181,15 @@ void GC_register_data_segments()
   	/* This used to be set for gcc, to avoid dealing with		*/
   	/* the structured exception handling issues.  But we now have	*/
   	/* assembly code to do that right.				*/
+  GC_bool GC_wnt = FALSE;
+        /* This is a Windows NT derivative, i.e. NT, W2K, XP or later.  */
   
   void GC_init_win32()
   {
     /* if we're running under win32s, assume that no DLLs will be loaded */
     DWORD v = GetVersion();
-    GC_no_win32_dlls |= ((v & 0x80000000) && (v & 0xff) <= 3);
+    GC_wnt = !(v & 0x80000000);
+    GC_no_win32_dlls |= ((!GC_wnt) && (v & 0xff) <= 3);
   }
 
   /* Return the smallest address a such that VirtualQuery		*/