diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 501e3d19b..7139a3311 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #if defined(_AIX) || defined(__NOVELL_LIBC__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || \
     defined(__minix) || defined(__SYMBIAN32__) || defined(__INTEGRITY) || \
     defined(ANDROID) || defined(__ANDROID__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || \
+    defined(__CYGWIN__) || \
    (defined(__FreeBSD_version) && (__FreeBSD_version < 800000))
 #include <sys/select.h>
 #endif