diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 29fddf60..e30c6f2b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ sharedir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/kak
 docdir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/doc/kak
 
 CXXFLAGS += -std=gnu++11 -g -Wall -Wno-reorder -Wno-sign-compare -pedantic
-LDFLAGS += -rdynamic
+ifneq (,$(findstring CYGWIN,$(os)))
+    LDFLAGS += -rdynamic
+endif
 
 os := $(shell uname)