diff --git a/util/ChangeLog b/util/ChangeLog
index 6230902b1..d2de7bb95 100644
--- a/util/ChangeLog
+++ b/util/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-19  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* simple-gettext.c, w32reg.c [CYGWIN32]: Allow to use this file
+
 2001-10-11  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
 
 	* http.c (do_parse_uri): Changed initialization of the port number
diff --git a/util/simple-gettext.c b/util/simple-gettext.c
index 461c357d7..500226709 100644
--- a/util/simple-gettext.c
+++ b/util/simple-gettext.c
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 #ifdef USE_SIMPLE_GETTEXT
-#ifndef __MINGW32__
-  #error This file can only be used with MinGW32
+#if defined (__MINGW32__) || defined (__CYGWIN32__)
+  #error This file can only be used with MingW32 or Cygwin32
 #endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/util/w32reg.c b/util/w32reg.c
index a0da975ef..000ae07b7 100644
--- a/util/w32reg.c
+++ b/util/w32reg.c
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
-#ifdef __MINGW32__  /* This module is only used in this environment */
+#if defined (__MINGW32__) || defined (__CYGWIN32__)
+ /* This module is only used in this environment */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -124,4 +125,4 @@ write_w32_registry_string(const char *root, const char *dir,
     return 0;
 }
 
-#endif /* __MINGW32__ */
+#endif /* __MINGW32__ || __CYGWIN32__ */