diff --git a/src/Make_cyg_ming.mak b/src/Make_cyg_ming.mak
index 62585e9..cdf10ac 100644
--- a/src/Make_cyg_ming.mak
+++ b/src/Make_cyg_ming.mak
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@
 # Set to yes to enable Netbeans support (requires CHANNEL).
 NETBEANS=$(GUI)
 # Set to yes to enable inter process communication.
+ifeq (HUGE, $(FEATURES))
+CHANNEL=yes
+else
 CHANNEL=$(GUI)
+endif
 
 
 # Link against the shared version of libstdc++ by default.  Set
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 0f9e840..e2624cf 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1885,
+/**/
     1884,
 /**/
     1883,