diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index ad3dd7cc..66b266ac 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ PlatformIO 2.0
 2.3.2 (2015-09-??)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* Allowed PlatformIO to be run within Cygwin environment
 * Allowed to use ST-Link uploader for mbed-based projects
 * Explained how to use ``lib`` directory from the PlatformIO based project in
   ``readme.txt`` which will be automatically generated using
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 9a611cc9..35c90956 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
 # See LICENSE for details.
 
-VERSION = (2, 3, "2.dev2")
+VERSION = (2, 3, "2.dev3")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"
diff --git a/platformio/util.py b/platformio/util.py
index 6fb9597e..69184943 100644
--- a/platformio/util.py
+++ b/platformio/util.py
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ def singleton(cls):
 def get_systype():
     data = uname()
     systype = data[0]
+    if "cygwin" in systype.lower():
+        systype = "windows"
     if data[4]:
         systype += "_" + data[4]
     return systype.lower()