diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d0b20a416..4902b320de 100644
--- a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "")
 
 if(WIN32)
   set(PLUGINEXT "dll")
-  set(PLUGINPRE "__nc") 
+  set(PLUGINPRE "__nc")
+elif(CYGWIN)
+  set(PLUGINEXT "dll")
+  set(PLUGINPRE "lib__nc")
 else()
    set(PLUGINPRE "lib__nc")
    if(APPLE)