diff --git a/src/port/win32stat.c b/src/port/win32stat.c
index 2ad8ee1..535abf2 100644
--- a/src/port/win32stat.c
+++ b/src/port/win32stat.c
@@ -288,7 +288,21 @@ _pgstat64(const char *name, struct stat *buf)
 int
 _pgfstat64(int fileno, struct stat *buf)
 {
-	HANDLE		hFile = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(fileno);
+	HANDLE		hFile;
+
+	/* Check for data streams: stdin, stdout, stderr */
+	switch(fileno)
+	{
+		case 0:
+		case 1:
+		case 2:
+			memset(buf, 0, sizeof(*buf));
+			buf->st_mode = _S_IFIFO;
+			buf->st_dev = fileno;
+			return 0;
+		default :
+			hFile = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(fileno);
+	}
 
 	if (hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE || buf == NULL)
 	{