diff --git a/config/configure b/config/configure
index 6d727fe1..0c29ffae 100755
--- a/config/configure
+++ b/config/configure
@@ -10460,6 +10460,12 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 
 
+case "$SYSTEM" in
+  cygwin)
+    PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # On linux plaforms, we will have to check that includes from kernel are
 # available. glibc version test was shamelessly taken from
 # http://public.activestate.com/gsar/APC/perl-5.8.x/Configure
@@ -13105,6 +13111,8 @@ echo " - host     $host"
 echo " - ARCH     $ARCH"
 echo " - SYSTEM   $SYSTEM"
 echo " - system   $system"
+echo " - PTHREAD_CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
+echo " - PTHREAD_LIBS $PTHREAD_LIBS"
 
 echo ""
 echo "\nNow execute '$GNU_MAKE' to start compiling. Good luck!"
diff --git a/config/configure.in b/config/configure.in
index 4611bb12..e6ade507 100644
--- a/config/configure.in
+++ b/config/configure.in
@@ -931,6 +931,12 @@ fi
 echo "----- checking pthread support"
 AX_PTHREAD
 
+case "$SYSTEM" in
+  cygwin)
+    PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # On linux plaforms, we will have to check that includes from kernel are
 # available. glibc version test was shamelessly taken from
 # http://public.activestate.com/gsar/APC/perl-5.8.x/Configure