diff --git a/src/tools/makebootable/platform/bios_ia32/Jamfile b/src/tools/makebootable/platform/bios_ia32/Jamfile
index 46217e0942..aab67f8a67 100644
--- a/src/tools/makebootable/platform/bios_ia32/Jamfile
+++ b/src/tools/makebootable/platform/bios_ia32/Jamfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if $(HOST_PLATFORM) = linux || $(HOST_PLATFORM) = freebsd {
 
 # Write the stage 1 boot loader into the makebootable resources. On Darwin
 # resources don't seem to work; there we use an attribute instead.
-if $(HOST_PLATFORM) != darwin {
+if $(HOST_PLATFORM) != darwin && $(HOST_PLATFORM) != cygwin {
 	AddFileDataResource <build>makebootable : RAWT:666:BootCode : stage1.bin ;
 }
 
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ BuildPlatformMain <build>makebootable :
 ;
 
 # on Darwin write the boot loader code into an attribute
-if $(HOST_PLATFORM) = darwin {
+if $(HOST_PLATFORM) = darwin || $(HOST_PLATFORM) = cygwin {
 	AddFileDataAttribute <build>makebootable : BootCode : raw : stage1.bin ;
 }