diff --git a/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml b/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a152fd..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-name: cygwin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - '*'
-    tags-ignore:
-      - '*'
-  pull_request:
-
-env:
-  PERL5LIB: /cygdrive/c/cx/lib/perl5
-  PERL_LOCAL_LIB_ROOT: /cygdrive/cx
-  PERL_MB_OPT: --install_base /cygdrive/c/cx
-  PERL_MM_OPT: INSTALL_BASE=/cygdrive/c/cx
-  ALIEN_BUILD_PLUGIN_PKGCONFIG_COMMANDLINE_TEST: 1 # Test Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::CommandLine
-  CYGWIN_NOWINPATH: 1
-
-jobs:
-  perl:
-
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: C:\tools\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login --norc -eo pipefail -o igncr '{0}'
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Set git to use LF
-        run: |
-          git config --global core.autocrlf false
-          git config --global core.eol lf
-        shell: powershell
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Set up Cygwin
-        uses: egor-tensin/setup-cygwin@v3
-        with:
-          platform: x64
-          packages: make perl gcc-core gcc-g++ pkg-config libcrypt-devel libssl-devel git libffi-devel libarchive-devel
-
-      - name: perl -V
-        run: |
-          perl -V
-          gcc --version
-
-      - name: Prepare for cache
-        run: |
-          perl -V > perlversion.txt
-          gcc --version >> perlversion.txt
-          ls perlversion.txt
-
-      - name: Cache CPAN modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
-        with:
-          path: c:\cx
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-cygwin-${{ hashFiles('perlversion.txt') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-build-cygwin-${{ hashFiles('perlversion.txt') }}
-
-      - name: Install Static Dependencies
-        run: |
-          export PATH="/cygdrive/c/cx/bin:$PATH"
-          cd $( cygpath -u $GITHUB_WORKSPACE )
-          yes | cpan App::cpanminus || true
-          cpanm -n Dist::Zilla
-          perl -S dzil authordeps --missing | perl -S cpanm -n
-          perl -S dzil listdeps --missing   | perl -S cpanm -n
-
-      - name: Install Dynamic Dependencies
-        run: |
-          export PATH="/cygdrive/c/cx/bin:$PATH"
-          cd $( cygpath -u $GITHUB_WORKSPACE )
-          perl -S dzil run --no-build 'perl -S cpanm --installdeps .'
-
-      - name: Run Tests
-        run: |
-          export PATH="/cygdrive/c/cx/bin:$PATH"
-          cd $( cygpath -u $GITHUB_WORKSPACE )
-          perl -S dzil test -v
-
-      - name: CPAN log
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        run: |
-          cat ~/.cpanm/latest-build/build.log
-
-
-
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index efc19f3..aec1c7a 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Revision history for {{$dist->name}}
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+  - Passing no arguments to new will now return an
+    uninitialized stat object (gh#9, gh#10)
+  - Passing undef to clone will now return a stat
+    object with the memory set to all zeros,
+    previously the behavior was undefined and could
+    crash (gh#10)
 
 0.02      2021-05-31 05:48:05 -0600
   - Work around possible bug in Perl stat function
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ae989c..5263a4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# FFI::C::Stat ![static](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/static/badge.svg) ![linux](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/linux/badge.svg) ![windows](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/windows/badge.svg) ![macos](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/macos/badge.svg) ![cygwin](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/cygwin/badge.svg) ![msys2-mingw](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/msys2-mingw/badge.svg)
+# FFI::C::Stat ![static](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/static/badge.svg) ![linux](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/linux/badge.svg) ![windows](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/windows/badge.svg) ![macos](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/macos/badge.svg) ![msys2-mingw](https://github.com/PerlFFI/FFI-C-Stat/workflows/msys2-mingw/badge.svg)
 
 Object-oriented FFI interface to native stat and lstat
 
@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@ $ffi->attach( my_cfunction => ['stat'] => 'void' );
 ```perl
 my $stat = FFI::C::Stat->new(*HANDLE,   %options);
 my $stat = FFI::C::Stat->new($filename, %options);
+my $stat = FFI::C::Stat->new;
 ```
 
 You can create a new instance of this class by calling the new method and passing in
-either a file or directory handle, or by passing in the filename path.
+either a file or directory handle, or by passing in the filename path.  If you do
+not pass anything then an uninitialized stat will be returned.
 
 Options:
 
@@ -91,6 +93,10 @@ $ffi->attach( my_cfunction => [] => 'opaque' => sub {
 });
 ```
 
+The behavior of passing in `undef` prior to version 0.03 was undefined and could cause a
+crash.  In version 0.03 and later passing in `undef` will return a stat object with all
+of the bits set to zero (0).
+
 # PROPERTIES
 
 ## dev
@@ -203,7 +209,7 @@ Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
 
 # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
 
-This software is copyright (c) 2021 by Graham Ollis.
+This software is copyright (c) 2021-2023 by Graham Ollis.
 
 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index ffd3ba3..20bc9d0 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name             = FFI-C-Stat
 author           = Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
 license          = Perl_5
 copyright_holder = Graham Ollis
-copyright_year   = 2021-2022
+copyright_year   = 2021-2023
 version          = 0.02
 
 [@Author::Plicease]
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ workflow = static
 workflow = linux
 workflow = windows
 workflow = macos
-workflow = cygwin
 workflow = msys2-mingw
 
 [Author::Plicease::Core]
diff --git a/ffi/stat.c b/ffi/stat.c
index cd312fc..90e5614 100644
--- a/ffi/stat.c
+++ b/ffi/stat.c
@@ -54,12 +54,27 @@ stat___fstat(int fd)
 }
 
 struct stat *
-stat__clone(struct stat *self)
+stat___new(void)
 {
-  struct stat *other;
-  other = malloc(sizeof(struct stat));
-  memcpy(other, self, sizeof(struct stat));
-  return other;
+  struct stat *self;
+  self = malloc(sizeof(struct stat));
+  return self;
+}
+
+struct stat *
+stat__clone(struct stat *other)
+{
+  struct stat *self;
+  self = malloc(sizeof(struct stat));
+  if(other == NULL)
+  {
+    memset(self, 0, sizeof(struct stat));
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    memcpy(self, other, sizeof(struct stat));
+  }
+  return self;
 }
 
 dev_t
diff --git a/lib/FFI/C/Stat.pm b/lib/FFI/C/Stat.pm
index 72072bc..b43c9cf 100644
--- a/lib/FFI/C/Stat.pm
+++ b/lib/FFI/C/Stat.pm
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ $ffi->mangler(sub { "stat__$_[0]" });
 $ffi->attach( '_stat'  => ['string'] => 'opaque' );
 $ffi->attach( '_fstat' => ['int',  ] => 'opaque' );
 $ffi->attach( '_lstat' => ['string'] => 'opaque' );
+$ffi->attach( '_new'   => []         => 'opaque' );
 
 =head1 CONSTRUCTORS
 
@@ -61,9 +62,11 @@ $ffi->attach( '_lstat' => ['string'] => 'opaque' );
 
  my $stat = FFI::C::Stat->new(*HANDLE,   %options);
  my $stat = FFI::C::Stat->new($filename, %options);
+ my $stat = FFI::C::Stat->new;
 
 You can create a new instance of this class by calling the new method and passing in
-either a file or directory handle, or by passing in the filename path.
+either a file or directory handle, or by passing in the filename path.  If you do
+not pass anything then an uninitialized stat will be returned.
 
 Options:
 
@@ -87,6 +90,8 @@ sub new
   { $ptr = _fstat(fileno($file)) }
   elsif(!is_ref($file) && defined $file)
   { $ptr = $options{symlink} ? _lstat($file) : _stat($file) }
+  elsif(!defined $file)
+  { $ptr = _new() }
   else
   { Carp::croak("Tried to stat something whch is neither a glob reference nor a plain string") }
 
@@ -120,6 +125,10 @@ Perl:
    return FFI::C::Stat->clone($ptr);
  });
 
+The behavior of passing in C<undef> prior to version 0.03 was undefined and could cause a
+crash.  In version 0.03 and later passing in C<undef> will return a stat object with all
+of the bits set to zero (0).
+
 =cut
 
 $ffi->attach( clone => ['opaque'] => 'opaque' => sub {
diff --git a/t/ffi_c_stat.t b/t/ffi_c_stat.t
index e0d2b6a..f4a182a 100644
--- a/t/ffi_c_stat.t
+++ b/t/ffi_c_stat.t
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ is(
   'clone a stat',
 );
 
+is(
+  FFI::C::Stat->clone(undef),
+  object {
+    call [ isa => 'FFI::C::Stat' ] => T();
+    call $_ => D() for @props;
+  },
+  'clone undef',
+);
+
 {
   my $other = FFI::C::Stat->new('corpus/xx.txt');
   is(
@@ -122,4 +131,13 @@ if($Config{d_symlink} eq 'define')
 
 unlink 'testlink';
 
+is(
+  FFI::C::Stat->new,
+  object {
+    call [ isa => 'FFI::C::Stat' ] => T();
+    call $_ => D() for @props;
+  },
+  'create uninitalized stat',
+);
+
 done_testing;