diff --git a/Misc/python-config.sh.in b/Misc/python-config.sh.in
index e0e048a0fac486..195c317ada3825 100644
--- a/Misc/python-config.sh.in
+++ b/Misc/python-config.sh.in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ installed_prefix ()
     # Since we don't know where the output from this script will end up
     # we keep all paths in Windows-land since MSYS2 can handle that
     # while native tools can't handle paths in MSYS2-land.
-    if [ "$OSTYPE" = "msys" ]; then
+    if [ "$OSTYPE" = "cygwin" ] || [ "$OSTYPE" = "msys" ] ; then
         RESULT=$(cd "$RESULT" && pwd -W)
     fi
     echo $RESULT