diff --git a/configure b/configure
index abc38fe..b9069cb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2217,8 +2217,9 @@ case $_host_os in
 		_seq_midi=no
 		;;
 	cygwin*)
-		echo ERROR: Cygwin building is not supported by ScummVM anymore. Consider using MinGW.
-		exit 1
+		# Cygwin has more strict set c++0x/c++11: the function
+		# vsnprintf is defined in the GNU variant (gnu++0x/gnu++11)
+		append_var CXXFLAGS "-std=gnu++0x"
 		;;
 	darwin*)
 		# Pass -mlongcall to gcc so that it emits long calls
@@ -3202,10 +3203,10 @@ esac
 #
 echo_n "Checking if host is POSIX compliant... "
 case $_host_os in
-	amigaos* | cygwin* | dreamcast | ds | gamecube | mingw* | n64 | ps2 | ps3 | psp | wii | wince)
+	amigaos* | dreamcast | ds | gamecube | mingw* | n64 | ps2 | ps3 | psp | wii | wince)
 		_posix=no
 		;;
-	android | beos* | bsd* | darwin* | freebsd* | gnu* | gph-linux | haiku* | hpux* | iphone | irix*| k*bsd*-gnu* | linux* | maemo | mint* | netbsd* | openbsd* | solaris* | sunos* | uclinux* | webos)
+	android | beos* | bsd* | cygwin* | darwin* | freebsd* | gnu* | gph-linux | haiku* | hpux* | iphone | irix*| k*bsd*-gnu* | linux* | maemo | mint* | netbsd* | openbsd* | solaris* | sunos* | uclinux* | webos)
 		_posix=yes
 		;;
 	os2-emx*)
@@ -4173,7 +4174,7 @@ if test "$_have_x86" = yes ; then
 				darwin*)
 					append_var NASMFLAGS "-f macho"
 				;;
-				mingw*)
+				mingw* | cygwin*)
 					append_var NASMFLAGS "-f win32"
 				;;
 				os2-emx*)
diff --git a/graphics/scaler.cpp b/graphics/scaler.cpp
index 745988c..6bb9b7b 100644
--- a/graphics/scaler.cpp
+++ b/graphics/scaler.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern "C" {
 // NOTE: if your compiler uses different mangled names, add another
 //       condition here
 
-#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MACOSX) && !defined(__OS2__)
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MACOSX) && !defined(__OS2__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #define RGBtoYUV _RGBtoYUV
 #define hqx_highbits _hqx_highbits
 #define hqx_lowbits _hqx_lowbits
diff --git a/graphics/scaler/hq2x.cpp b/graphics/scaler/hq2x.cpp
index 74ceebd..03e1d2f 100644
--- a/graphics/scaler/hq2x.cpp
+++ b/graphics/scaler/hq2x.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 extern "C" {
 
-#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MACOSX) && !defined(__OS2__)
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MACOSX) && !defined(__OS2__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #define hq2x_16 _hq2x_16
 #endif
 
diff --git a/graphics/scaler/hq3x.cpp b/graphics/scaler/hq3x.cpp
index f6c86b3..3d0592d 100644
--- a/graphics/scaler/hq3x.cpp
+++ b/graphics/scaler/hq3x.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 extern "C" {
 
-#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MACOSX) && !defined(__OS2__)
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MACOSX) && !defined(__OS2__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #define hq3x_16 _hq3x_16
 #endif