diff --git a/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs b/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs
index da0ba7eccee..6355fea0932 100644
--- a/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs
+++ b/src/uu/stdbuf/src/stdbuf.rs
@@ -33,14 +33,9 @@ mod options {
 
 #[cfg(all(
     not(feature = "feat_external_libstdbuf"),
-    any(
-        target_os = "linux",
-        target_os = "android",
-        target_os = "freebsd",
-        target_os = "netbsd",
-        target_os = "openbsd",
-        target_os = "dragonfly"
-    )
+    unix,
+    not(target_vendor = "apple"),
+    not(target_os = "cygwin")
 ))]
 const STDBUF_INJECT: &[u8] = include_bytes!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/libstdbuf.so"));
 
@@ -84,14 +79,7 @@ enum ProgramOptionsError {
     ValueTooLarge(String),
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(
-    target_os = "linux",
-    target_os = "android",
-    target_os = "freebsd",
-    target_os = "netbsd",
-    target_os = "openbsd",
-    target_os = "dragonfly"
-))]
+#[cfg(all(unix, not(target_vendor = "apple"), not(target_os = "cygwin")))]
 #[expect(
     clippy::unnecessary_wraps,
     reason = "fn sig must match on all platforms"
@@ -109,6 +97,15 @@ fn preload_strings() -> UResult<(&'static str, &'static str)> {
     Ok(("DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH", "dylib"))
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "cygwin")]
+#[expect(
+    clippy::unnecessary_wraps,
+    reason = "fn sig must match on all platforms"
+)]
+fn preload_strings() -> UResult<(&'static str, &'static str)> {
+    Ok(("LD_PRELOAD", "dll"))
+}
+
 fn check_option(matches: &ArgMatches, name: &str) -> Result<BufferType, ProgramOptionsError> {
     match matches.get_one::<String>(name) {
         Some(value) => match value.as_str() {