diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/cygwin-dll-link-hook/cygwin-dll-link.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/cygwin-dll-link-hook/cygwin-dll-link.sh
index 49cbde49174c..2fddfc349b94 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/cygwin-dll-link-hook/cygwin-dll-link.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/cygwin-dll-link-hook/cygwin-dll-link.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ linkDLLs() {
 
     # Iterate over any DLL that we depend on.
     local target
-    for target in {bin,libexec}/**/*.{exe,dll}; do
+    for target in {bin,lib,libexec}/**/*.{exe,dll}; do
       [[ ! -f "$target" || ! -x "$target" ]] ||
         _linkDeps "$target" "$(dirname "$target")" "1"
     done