diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7963186ab..d20339a42 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ elseif(APPLE)
     if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
         target_compile_definitions(platform_wsi INTERFACE VK_USE_PLATFORM_MACOS_MVK)
     endif()
-elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux|BSD|DragonFly|GNU")
+elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux|BSD|DragonFly|GNU|CYGWIN")
     option(BUILD_WSI_XCB_SUPPORT "Build XCB WSI support" ON)
     option(BUILD_WSI_XLIB_SUPPORT "Build Xlib WSI support" ON)
     option(BUILD_WSI_XLIB_XRANDR_SUPPORT "Build X11 Xrandr WSI support" ON)
diff --git a/loader/vk_loader_platform.h b/loader/vk_loader_platform.h
index 9a3b9c1c9..272f6f8ec 100644
--- a/loader/vk_loader_platform.h
+++ b/loader/vk_loader_platform.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 // Set of platforms with a common set of functionality which is queried throughout the program
 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__Fuchsia__) || defined(__QNX__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || \
-    defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__GNU__)
+    defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__GNU__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #define COMMON_UNIX_PLATFORMS 1
 #else
 #define COMMON_UNIX_PLATFORMS 0
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static inline char *loader_platform_dirname(char *path) { return dirname(path);
 
 // loader_platform_executable_path finds application path + name.
 // Path cannot be longer than 1024, returns NULL if it is greater than that.
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__GNU__)
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__GNU__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
 static inline char *loader_platform_executable_path(char *buffer, size_t size) {
     ssize_t count = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buffer, size);
     if (count == -1) return NULL;