diff --git a/compiler/rustc_llvm/build.rs b/compiler/rustc_llvm/build.rs
index 6692ea735401a..a662694ac38f2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_llvm/build.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_llvm/build.rs
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ fn main() {
     } else if target.contains("haiku")
         || target.contains("darwin")
         || (is_crossed && (target.contains("dragonfly") || target.contains("solaris")))
+        || target.contains("cygwin")
     {
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=z");
     } else if target.contains("netbsd") {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/filesearch.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/filesearch.rs
index bdeca91eb64a4..207ba5157bdb6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/filesearch.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/filesearch.rs
@@ -78,10 +78,16 @@ fn current_dll_path() -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
                 if libc::dladdr(addr, &mut info) == 0 {
                     return Err("dladdr failed".into());
                 }
-                if info.dli_fname.is_null() {
-                    return Err("dladdr returned null pointer".into());
-                }
-                let bytes = CStr::from_ptr(info.dli_fname).to_bytes();
+                #[cfg(target_os = "cygwin")]
+                let fname_ptr = info.dli_fname.as_ptr();
+                #[cfg(not(target_os = "cygwin"))]
+                let fname_ptr = {
+                    if info.dli_fname.is_null() {
+                        return Err("dladdr returned null pointer".into());
+                    }
+                    info.dli_fname
+                };
+                let bytes = CStr::from_ptr(fname_ptr).to_bytes();
                 let os = OsStr::from_bytes(bytes);
                 Ok(PathBuf::from(os))
             }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs
index cc4fa953ddc5c..af3e3cc37b928 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
         // Windows doesn't need dylib path munging because the dlls for the
         // compiler live next to the compiler and the system will find them
         // automatically.
-        if cfg!(windows) {
+        if cfg!(any(windows, target_os = "cygwin")) {
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs
index b29c1fb3889c2..f2c3e8c0df464 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/helpers.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ pub fn is_debug_info(name: &str) -> bool {
 /// Returns the corresponding relative library directory that the compiler's
 /// dylibs will be found in.
 pub fn libdir(target: TargetSelection) -> &'static str {
-    if target.is_windows() { "bin" } else { "lib" }
+    if target.is_windows() || target.contains("cygwin") { "bin" } else { "lib" }
 }
 
 /// Adds a list of lookup paths to `cmd`'s dynamic library lookup path.
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/shared_helpers.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/shared_helpers.rs
index 1297a53d48804..08e1c21e58e7c 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/shared_helpers.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/shared_helpers.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 /// Returns the environment variable which the dynamic library lookup path
 /// resides in for this platform.
 pub fn dylib_path_var() -> &'static str {
-    if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+    if cfg!(any(target_os = "windows", target_os = "cygwin")) {
         "PATH"
     } else if cfg!(target_vendor = "apple") {
         "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
diff --git a/src/tools/miri/src/shims/native_lib.rs b/src/tools/miri/src/shims/native_lib.rs
index 0258a76c3e703..837e1b31cac50 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/src/shims/native_lib.rs
+++ b/src/tools/miri/src/shims/native_lib.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ trait EvalContextExtPriv<'tcx>: crate::MiriInterpCxExt<'tcx> {
         let mut info = std::mem::MaybeUninit::<libc::Dl_info>::uninit();
         unsafe {
             if libc::dladdr(*func.deref() as *const _, info.as_mut_ptr()) != 0 {
-                if std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(info.assume_init().dli_fname).to_str().unwrap()
+                let info = info.assume_init();
+                #[cfg(target_os = "cygwin")]
+                let fname_ptr = info.dli_fname.as_ptr();
+                #[cfg(not(target_os = "cygwin"))]
+                let fname_ptr = info.dli_fname;
+                if std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(fname_ptr).to_str().unwrap()
                     != _lib_path.to_str().unwrap()
                 {
                     return None;