diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0da4abf..f3dfbbb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 20010409
+ - (stevesk) use setresgid() for setegid() if needed
  - (stevesk) configure.in: typo
  - OpenBSD CVS Sync
    - stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/04/08 16:01:36
@@ -4965,4 +4966,4 @@
  - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
  - Released 1.0pre1
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1086 2001/04/08 22:50:44 stevesk Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1087 2001/04/09 14:50:52 stevesk Exp $
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e794c3e..b391eac 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: configure.in,v 1.273 2001/04/08 22:50:43 stevesk Exp $
+# $Id: configure.in,v 1.274 2001/04/09 14:50:54 stevesk Exp $
 
 AC_INIT(ssh.c)
 
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
 )
 
 dnl    Checks for library functions.
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(arc4random atexit b64_ntop bcopy bindresvport_sa clock fchown fchmod freeaddrinfo futimes gai_strerror getcwd getaddrinfo getgrouplist getnameinfo getrlimit getrusage getttyent getusershell glob inet_aton inet_ntoa innetgr login_getcapbool md5_crypt memmove mkdtemp on_exit openpty realpath rresvport_af setdtablesize setenv seteuid setlogin setproctitle setreuid setrlimit setsid sigaction sigvec snprintf strerror strlcat strlcpy strmode strsep strtok_r sysconf tcgetpgrp utimes vsnprintf vhangup vis waitpid _getpty __b64_ntop)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(arc4random atexit b64_ntop bcopy bindresvport_sa clock fchown fchmod freeaddrinfo futimes gai_strerror getcwd getaddrinfo getgrouplist getnameinfo getrlimit getrusage getttyent getusershell glob inet_aton inet_ntoa innetgr login_getcapbool md5_crypt memmove mkdtemp on_exit openpty realpath rresvport_af setdtablesize setenv setegid seteuid setlogin setproctitle setresgid setreuid setrlimit setsid sigaction sigvec snprintf strerror strlcat strlcpy strmode strsep strtok_r sysconf tcgetpgrp utimes vsnprintf vhangup vis waitpid _getpty __b64_ntop)
 dnl    Checks for time functions
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gettimeofday time)
 dnl    Checks for libutil functions
diff --git a/openbsd-compat/bsd-misc.c b/openbsd-compat/bsd-misc.c
index 6f92e06..eb3a540 100644
--- a/openbsd-compat/bsd-misc.c
+++ b/openbsd-compat/bsd-misc.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "xmalloc.h"
 #include "ssh.h"
 
-RCSID("$Id: bsd-misc.c,v 1.3 2001/03/13 23:38:20 mouring Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: bsd-misc.c,v 1.4 2001/04/09 14:50:56 stevesk Exp $");
 
 char *get_progname(char *argv0)
 {
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@
 }
 #endif /* !defined(HAVE_SETEUID) && defined(HAVE_SETREUID) */
 
+#if !defined(HAVE_SETEGID) && defined(HAVE_SETRESGID)
+int setegid(uid_t egid)
+{
+	return(setresgid(-1,egid,-1));
+}
+#endif /* !defined(HAVE_SETEGID) && defined(HAVE_SETRESGID) */
+
 #if !defined(HAVE_STRERROR) && defined(HAVE_SYS_ERRLIST) && defined(HAVE_SYS_NERR)
 const char *strerror(int e)
 {
diff --git a/openbsd-compat/bsd-misc.h b/openbsd-compat/bsd-misc.h
index 61443b8..2ca0f37 100644
--- a/openbsd-compat/bsd-misc.h
+++ b/openbsd-compat/bsd-misc.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: bsd-misc.h,v 1.2 2001/02/09 01:55:36 djm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: bsd-misc.h,v 1.3 2001/04/09 14:50:56 stevesk Exp $ */
 
 #ifndef _BSD_MISC_H
 #define _BSD_MISC_H
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
 int seteuid(uid_t euid);
 #endif /* !defined(HAVE_SETEUID) && defined(HAVE_SETREUID) */
 
+#if !defined(HAVE_SETEGID) && defined(HAVE_SETRESGID)
+int setegid(uid_t egid);
+#endif /* !defined(HAVE_SETEGID) && defined(HAVE_SETRESGID) */
+
 #if !defined(HAVE_STRERROR) && defined(HAVE_SYS_ERRLIST) && defined(HAVE_SYS_NERR)
 const char *strerror(int e);
 #endif