diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a342a142..64d3570f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-2006-12-03  Doug MacEachern  <dougm@hyperic.net>
+2006-12-04  Doug MacEachern  <dougm@hyperic.com>
+
+        * [SIGAR-26] Change Pdh.getFormattedValue() to collect 2 counters if needed
+
+2006-12-03  Doug MacEachern  <dougm@hyperic.com>
 
         * [SIGAR-19] Change cpu time units to milliseconds
 
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/win32/pdh.c b/bindings/java/src/jni/win32/pdh.c
index e707da1e..c9620930 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/win32/pdh.c
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/win32/pdh.c
@@ -173,10 +173,19 @@ JNIEXPORT jdouble SIGAR_JNI(win32_Pdh_pdhGetValue)
     }
 
     if (fmt) {
-        status = PdhGetFormattedCounterValue(h_counter,
-                                             PDH_FMT_DOUBLE,
-                                             (LPDWORD)NULL,
-                                             &fmt_value);
+        /* may require 2 counters, see msdn docs */
+        int i=0;
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++) {
+            status = PdhGetFormattedCounterValue(h_counter,
+                                                 PDH_FMT_DOUBLE,
+                                                 (LPDWORD)NULL,
+                                                 &fmt_value);
+            if (status == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            PdhCollectQueryData(h_query);
+        }
     }
     else {
         status = PdhGetRawCounterValue(h_counter, &type, &raw_value);