diff --git a/src/include/port.h b/src/include/port.h
index 3215b5f0a24..ae482bd8559 100644
--- a/src/include/port.h
+++ b/src/include/port.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port.h,v 1.120 2008/04/11 23:53:00 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port.h,v 1.121 2008/04/16 14:19:56 adunstan Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -287,8 +287,11 @@ extern bool rmtree(char *path, bool rmtopdir);
  *
  * We must pull in sys/stat.h here so the system header definition
  * goes in first, and we redefine that, and not the other way around.
+ *
+ * Some frontends don't need the size from stat, so if UNSAFE_STAT_OK
+ * is defined we don't bother with this.
  */
-#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(UNSAFE_STAT_OK)
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 extern int	pgwin32_safestat(const char *path, struct stat *buf);
 #define stat(a,b) pgwin32_safestat(a,b)
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile b/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
index fced907efac..62885fbb5e0 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 # Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 #
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile,v 1.165 2008/04/07 14:15:58 petere Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile,v 1.166 2008/04/16 14:19:56 adunstan Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ NAME= pq
 SO_MAJOR_VERSION= 5
 SO_MINOR_VERSION= 2
 
-override CPPFLAGS :=  -DFRONTEND -I$(srcdir) $(CPPFLAGS) -I$(top_builddir)/src/port
+override CPPFLAGS :=  -DFRONTEND -DUNSAFE_STAT_OK -I$(srcdir) $(CPPFLAGS) -I$(top_builddir)/src/port
 ifneq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
 override CFLAGS += $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
 endif
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
index 8081af3d92c..fb8ccec59ea 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package Mkvcbuild;
 #
 # Package that generates build files for msvc build
 #
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm,v 1.26 2008/02/28 12:17:59 mha Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm,v 1.27 2008/04/16 14:19:56 adunstan Exp $
 #
 use Carp;
 use Win32;
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ sub mkvcbuild
 
     $libpq = $solution->AddProject('libpq','dll','interfaces','src\interfaces\libpq');
     $libpq->AddDefine('FRONTEND');
+	$libpq->AddDefine('UNSAFE_STAT_OK');
     $libpq->AddIncludeDir('src\port');
     $libpq->AddLibrary('wsock32.lib');
     $libpq->AddLibrary('secur32.lib');