diff --git a/incbin.h b/incbin.h
index 3f662e1..ae8064b 100644
--- a/incbin.h
+++ b/incbin.h
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@
 #  if defined(INCBIN_ARM)
 /* On arm assemblers, `@' is used as a line comment token */
 #    define INCBIN_TYPE(NAME)    ".type " INCBIN_STRINGIZE(INCBIN_PREFIX) #NAME ", %object\n"
-#  elif defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__MINGW64__)
-/* Mingw doesn't support this directive either */
+#  elif defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__MINGW64__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+/* Mingw and Cygwin don't support this directive either */
 #    define INCBIN_TYPE(NAME)
 #  else
 /* It's safe to use `@' on other architectures */
@@ -473,4 +473,4 @@
      INCBIN_COMMON(char, NAME, FILENAME, INCBIN_BYTE "0\n")
 #endif
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif