diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index 5244a2e..4635297 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -8846,6 +8846,27 @@
 
 
 
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for CYGWIN environment" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for CYGWIN environment... " >&6; }
+case `uname` in
+    CYGWIN*)    CYGWIN=yes; { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+                { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for CYGWIN clipboard support" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for CYGWIN clipboard support... " >&6; }
+                if test "x$with_x" = "xno" ; then
+                  OS_EXTRA_SRC=winclip.c; OS_EXTRA_OBJ=objects/winclip.o
+                  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+                  $as_echo "#define FEAT_CYGWIN_WIN32_CLIPBOARD 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+                else
+                  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no - using X11" >&5
+$as_echo "no - using X11" >&6; }
+                fi ;;
+
+    *)          CYGWIN=no; { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; };;
+esac
 
 if test "$enable_hangulinput" = "yes"; then
   if test "x$GUITYPE" = "xNONE"; then