diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 725e10d815..172c144135 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ if host_system == 'aix'
 
 elif host_system == 'cygwin'
   cppflags += '-D_GNU_SOURCE'
+  dlsuffix = '.dll'
+  mod_link_args_fmt = ['@0@']
+  mod_link_with_name = 'lib@0@.exe.a'
+  mod_link_with_dir = 'libdir'
 
 elif host_system == 'darwin'
   dlsuffix = '.dylib'
@@ -2310,8 +2314,8 @@ gnugetopt_dep = cc.find_library('gnugetopt', required: false)
 #   (i.e., allow '-' as a flag character), so use our version on those platforms
 # - We want to use system's getopt_long() only if the system provides struct
 #   option
-always_replace_getopt = host_system in ['windows', 'openbsd', 'solaris']
-always_replace_getopt_long = host_system == 'windows' or not cdata.has('HAVE_STRUCT_OPTION')
+always_replace_getopt = host_system in ['windows', 'cygwin', 'openbsd', 'solaris']
+always_replace_getopt_long = host_system in ['windows', 'cygwin'] or not cdata.has('HAVE_STRUCT_OPTION')
 
 # Required on BSDs
 execinfo_dep = cc.find_library('execinfo', required: false)
diff --git a/src/port/meson.build b/src/port/meson.build
index c2222696f1..0ba83cc793 100644
--- a/src/port/meson.build
+++ b/src/port/meson.build
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ if host_system == 'windows'
     'win32setlocale.c',
     'win32stat.c',
   )
+elif host_system == 'cygwin'
+  pgport_sources += files(
+    'dirmod.c',
+  )
 endif
 
 if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
diff --git a/src/test/regress/meson.build b/src/test/regress/meson.build
index f1adcd9198..72a23737fa 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/regress/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ regress_sources = pg_regress_c + files(
 host_tuple_cc = cc.get_id()
 if host_system == 'windows' and host_tuple_cc == 'gcc'
   host_tuple_cc = 'mingw'
+elif host_system == 'cygwin' and host_tuple_cc == 'gcc'
+  host_tuple_cc = 'cygwin'
 endif
 host_tuple = '@0@-@1@-@2@'.format(host_cpu, host_system, host_tuple_cc)