diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6548dadcd..2458559e3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "SunOS")
   set (SOLARIS true)
 elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "GNU")
   set (GNUHURD true)
+elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windows")
+  set (CYGWIN true)
+  set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=gnu++0x")
 else (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
   set (UNKNOWN true)
 endif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")