diff --git a/builtin_set_color.cpp b/builtin_set_color.cpp
index 14cf84c..3edfb92 100644
--- a/builtin_set_color.cpp
+++ b/builtin_set_color.cpp
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ Functions used for implementing the set_color builtin.
 #include "color.h"
 #include "output.h"
 
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/common.cpp b/common.cpp
index 0ac8436..a9b6bee 100644
--- a/common.cpp
+++ b/common.cpp
@@ -45,12 +45,15 @@ parts of fish.
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #endif
 
-
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/env.cpp b/env.cpp
index 55d1032..860f9c3 100644
--- a/env.cpp
+++ b/env.cpp
@@ -19,11 +19,15 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <algorithm>
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/env_universal.cpp b/env_universal.cpp
index c7d060a..1849980 100644
--- a/env_universal.cpp
+++ b/env_universal.cpp
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/expand.cpp b/expand.cpp
index 74e5010..a9a2b2f 100644
--- a/expand.cpp
+++ b/expand.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ parameter expansion.
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#ifndef __CYGWIN__
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#endif
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/fallback.cpp b/fallback.cpp
index 7e215bb..8a4aaf2 100644
--- a/fallback.cpp
+++ b/fallback.cpp
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@
 #include <libintl.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/fallback.h b/fallback.h
index eba91be..fc4cb15 100644
--- a/fallback.h
+++ b/fallback.h
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ int tputs(const char *str, int affcnt, int (*fish_putc)(tputs_arg_t));
    work around this here.
 */
 
+#ifndef __CYGWIN__
 #define tparm tparm_solaris_kludge
 char *tparm_solaris_kludge(char *str, ...);
+#endif
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/fish_pager.cpp b/fish_pager.cpp
index 2e1a4bb..b5f91f5 100644
--- a/fish_pager.cpp
+++ b/fish_pager.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@
 
 #include <locale.h>
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/input.cpp b/input.cpp
index 6127e23..4cc1fe9 100644
--- a/input.cpp
+++ b/input.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <wchar.h>
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/io.cpp b/io.cpp
index da1ebb0..dd14561 100644
--- a/io.cpp
+++ b/io.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ Utilities for io redirection.
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/output.cpp b/output.cpp
index 855eecd..13ce4b0 100644
--- a/output.cpp
+++ b/output.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <wctype.h>
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/proc.cpp b/proc.cpp
index 749f38c..77b7a03 100644
--- a/proc.cpp
+++ b/proc.cpp
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ Some of the code in this file is based on code from the Glibc manual.
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/reader.cpp b/reader.cpp
index c3e1e5b..039c3eb 100644
--- a/reader.cpp
+++ b/reader.cpp
@@ -43,11 +43,15 @@ commence.
 #include <stack>
 #include <pthread.h>
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>
diff --git a/screen.cpp b/screen.cpp
index 68f78ad..2c8231c 100644
--- a/screen.cpp
+++ b/screen.cpp
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ efficient way for transforming that to the desired screen content.
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <wctype.h>
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+#include <ncurses/ncurses.h>
+#else
 #if HAVE_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncurses.h>
 #else
 #include <curses.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_TERM_H
 #include <term.h>