diff --git a/_gnu-make/Makefile b/_gnu-make/Makefile
index 7efefdf..cf5954b 100644
--- a/_gnu-make/Makefile
+++ b/_gnu-make/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ ifeq ($(platform),)
     override platform := freebsd
     override architecture := $(__uname_m)
   endif
+	ifeq ($(findstring cygwin,$(__uname_s)),cygwin)
+		override platform := cygwin
+		override architecture := $(__uname_m)
+	endif
 endif
 ifeq ($(architecture),)
   override architecture := unknown-architecture
@@ -56,6 +60,11 @@ ifeq ($(platform),freebsd)
 CFLAGS += -fpic
 CXXFLAGS += -fpic
 endif
+ifeq ($(platform),cygwin)
+LDFLAGS += -ldl
+CFLAGS += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -fpic
+CXXFLAGS += -fpic
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(platform),mac)
 libsuffix := .dylib
@@ -69,6 +78,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(platform),freebsd)
 libsuffix := .so
 endif
+ifeq ($(platform),cygwin)
+libsuffix := .dll
+endif
 
 .PHONY: build-executable
 build: build-executable
diff --git a/src/whereami.c b/src/whereami.c
index 289aeb1..be6d259 100644
--- a/src/whereami.c
+++ b/src/whereami.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ int WAI_PREFIX(getModulePath)(char* out, int capacity, int* dirname_length)
   return length;
 }
 
-#elif defined(__linux__)
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>