diff --git a/libnfc/buses/uart.c b/libnfc/buses/uart.c
index 953c126..72594b0 100644
--- a/libnfc/buses/uart.c
+++ b/libnfc/buses/uart.c
@@ -77,12 +77,17 @@
 const char *serial_ports_device_radix[] = { "tty.SLAB_USBtoUART", "tty.usbserial-", NULL };
 #  elif defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
 const char *serial_ports_device_radix[] = { "cuaU", "cuau", NULL };
-#  elif defined (__linux__)
+#  elif defined (__linux__) || defined (__CYGWIN__)
 const char *serial_ports_device_radix[] = { "ttyUSB", "ttyS", "ttyACM", "ttyAMA", "ttyO", NULL };
 #  else
 #    error "Can't determine serial string for your system"
 #  endif
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+// Under Cygwin, FIONREAD is defined in this file
+#  include <asm/socket.h>
+#endif
+
 // Work-around to claim uart interface using the c_iflag (software input processing) from the termios struct
 #  define CCLAIMED 0x80000000