diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/cygwin/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/cygwin/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c133be97d600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/cygwin/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  system ? builtins.currentSystem,
+}:
+
+let
+  inherit (releaseLib) lib;
+  releaseLib = import ../../top-level/release-lib.nix {
+    # We're not using any functions from release-lib.nix that look at
+    # supportedSystems.
+    supportedSystems = [ ];
+  };
+
+  make =
+    crossSystem:
+    import ./make-bootstrap-tools.nix {
+      pkgs = releaseLib.pkgsForCross crossSystem system;
+    };
+in
+lib.mapAttrs (n: make) (
+  with lib.systems.examples;
+  {
+    # NOTE: Only add platforms for which there are files in `./bootstrap-files`
+    # or for which you plan to request the tarball upload soon. See the
+    #   maintainers/scripts/bootstrap-files/README.md
+    # on how to request an upload.
+    # Sort following the sorting in `./default.nix` `bootstrapFiles` argument.
+
+    x86_64-pc-cygwin = x86_64-cygwin;
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/cygwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/cygwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2252288d1f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/cygwin/make-bootstrap-tools.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+{
+  pkgs ? import ../../.. { },
+}:
+let
+  inherit (pkgs) runCommand;
+  # splicing doesn't seem to work right here
+  inherit (pkgs.buildPackages) dumpnar rsync nukeReferences;
+
+  unpacked =
+    let
+      inherit (pkgs)
+        bashNonInteractive
+        binutils-unwrapped
+        bzip2
+        coreutils
+        curl
+        diffutils
+        file
+        findutils
+        gawk
+        gcc-unwrapped
+        gitMinimal # for fetchgit (newlib-cygwin)
+        gnugrep
+        gnumake
+        gnused
+        gnutar
+        gzip
+        patch
+        xz
+        ;
+
+      inherit (pkgs.cygwin)
+        newlib-cygwin
+        w32api
+        ;
+
+    in
+    runCommand "unpacked"
+      {
+        nativeBuildInputs = [ nukeReferences ];
+        # The result should not contain any references (store paths) so
+        # that we can safely copy them out of the store and to other
+        # locations in the store.
+        allowedReferences = [ ];
+        strictDeps = true;
+      }
+      ''
+        mkdir -p "$out"/{bin,include,lib,libexec}
+        cp -d "${bashNonInteractive}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${binutils-unwrapped}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${bzip2}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${coreutils}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${curl}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${diffutils}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${file}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${findutils}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${gawk}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${gcc-unwrapped}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -rd ${gcc-unwrapped}/include/* $out/include/
+        cp -rd ${gcc-unwrapped}/lib/* $out/lib/
+        cp -rd ${gcc-unwrapped}/libexec/* $out/libexec/
+        cp -frd ${gcc-unwrapped.lib}/bin/* $out/bin/
+        cp -rd ${gcc-unwrapped.lib}/lib/* $out/lib/
+        cp -d "${gitMinimal}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${gnugrep}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${gnumake}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${gnused}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${gnutar}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        (shopt -s dotglob; cp -d "${gzip}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/)
+        cp -rd ${newlib-cygwin.dev}/include/* $out/include/
+        cp -rd ${newlib-cygwin}/lib/* "$out"/lib/
+        cp -d "${patch}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+        cp -d "${w32api}"/lib/w32api/lib{advapi,shell,user,kernel}32.a "$out"/lib/
+        cp -d "${xz}"/bin/* "$out"/bin/
+
+        chmod -R +w "$out"
+
+        find "$out" -type l -print0 | while read -d $'\0' link; do
+          [[ -L "$link" && -e "$link" ]] || continue
+          [[ $(realpath "$link") != "$out"* ]] || continue
+          cp "$link" "$link"~
+          mv "$link"~ "$link"
+        done
+
+        find "$out" -print0 | xargs -0 nuke-refs -e "$out"
+      '';
+in
+{
+  unpack = runCommand "unpack.nar.xz" {
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ dumpnar ];
+  } "dumpnar ${unpacked} | xz -9 -e -T $NIX_BUILD_CORES >$out";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
index 7f2696a23828..1e34f3d0da35 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
@@ -299,12 +299,16 @@ in
     let
       linuxTools = import ../stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix { system = "x86_64-linux"; };
       freebsdTools = import ../stdenv/freebsd/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix { system = "x86_64-linux"; };
+      cygwinTools = import ../stdenv/cygwin/make-bootstrap-tools-cross.nix { system = "x86_64-linux"; };
       linuxMeta = {
         maintainers = [ maintainers.dezgeg ];
       };
       freebsdMeta = {
         maintainers = [ maintainers.rhelmot ];
       };
+      cygwinMeta = {
+        maintainers = [ maintainers.corngood ];
+      };
       mkBootstrapToolsJob =
         meta: drv:
         assert elem drv.system supportedSystems;
@@ -330,8 +334,11 @@ in
       freebsd = mapAttrsRecursiveCond (as: !isDerivation as) (
         name: mkBootstrapToolsJob freebsdMeta
       ) freebsdTools;
+      cygwin = mapAttrsRecursiveCond (as: !isDerivation as) (
+        name: mkBootstrapToolsJob cygwinMeta
+      ) cygwinTools;
     in
-    linux // freebsd;
+    linux // freebsd // cygwin;
 
   # Cross-built nixStatic for platforms for enabled-but-unsupported platforms
   mips64el-nixCrossStatic = mapTestOnCross systems.examples.mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 nixCrossStatic;