diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8ff0e21fbf..774f8e5eb9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5734,6 +5734,9 @@ AC_DEFUN
     AC_MSG_WARN([[building Emacs on Cygwin 1.5 is not supported.]])
            echo
 	   ;;
+  cygwin,3.0.[[0-7]]'('*)
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CYGWIN_O_PATH_BUG], 1,
+      [Define to 1 if opening a FIFO with O_PATH causes a hang.]);;
 esac
 
 # Remove any trailing slashes in these variables.
diff --git a/src/dired.c b/src/dired.c
index b8197d36a0..b700013f6a 100644
--- a/src/dired.c
+++ b/src/dired.c
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 #include "buffer.h"
 #include "coding.h"
 
-#ifdef __CYGWIN__
-# undef O_PATH /* Buggy in Cygwin 3.0.0 through 3.0.7.  */
-#endif
-
 #ifdef MSDOS
 #include "msdos.h"	/* for fstatat */
 #endif
@@ -941,7 +937,7 @@ file_attributes (int fd, char const *name,
 
   int err = EINVAL;
 
-#ifdef O_PATH
+#if defined O_PATH && !defined HAVE_CYGWIN_O_PATH_BUG
   int namefd = openat (fd, name, O_PATH | O_CLOEXEC | O_NOFOLLOW);
   if (namefd < 0)
     err = errno;