diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/default.nix
index 9e33e0aedc4b..7ee8123e9c0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/default.nix
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
     in
     {
       w32api-headers = callPackage ./w32api { };
+
+      newlib-cygwin-headers = callPackage ./newlib-cygwin { };
     };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/newlib-cygwin/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/newlib-cygwin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00e399e20cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/newlib-cygwin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenvNoCC,
+  buildPackages,
+  fetchurl,
+  w32api-headers,
+}:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "newlib-cygwin-headers";
+  version = "3.6.4";
+
+  src = buildPackages.fetchgit {
+    url = "https://cygwin.com/git/newlib-cygwin.git";
+    rev = "cygwin-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-+WYKwqcDAc7286GzbgKKAxNJCOf3AeNnF8XEVPoor+g=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # newer versions of gcc don't like struct winsize being used before being
+    # declared.
+    ./fix-winsize.patch
+  ];
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/include/
+    cp -r newlib/libc/include/* $out/include/
+    cp -r winsup/cygwin/include/* $out/include/
+  '';
+
+  passthru.w32api = w32api-headers;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://cygwin.com/";
+    description = "A DLL which provides substantial POSIX API functionality on Windows.";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
+      # newlib
+      gpl2
+      # winsup
+      gpl3
+    ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.cygwin;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.corngood ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/newlib-cygwin/fix-winsize.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/newlib-cygwin/fix-winsize.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ac6b7499336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/cygwin/newlib-cygwin/fix-winsize.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/termios.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/termios.h
+index d1b4a0af5..75e0c5348 100644
+--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/termios.h
++++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/termios.h
+@@ -282,6 +282,12 @@ struct termios
+   speed_t	c_ospeed;
+ };
+ 
++struct winsize
++{
++  unsigned short ws_row, ws_col;
++  unsigned short ws_xpixel, ws_ypixel;
++};
++
+ #define termio termios
+ 
+ #ifdef __cplusplus
+@@ -313,13 +319,6 @@ int tcsetwinsize(int fd, const struct winsize *winsz);
+ #define cfgetospeed(tp)		((tp)->c_ospeed)
+ #endif
+ 
+-/* Extra stuff to make porting stuff easier.  */
+-struct winsize
+-{
+-  unsigned short ws_row, ws_col;
+-  unsigned short ws_xpixel, ws_ypixel;
+-};
+-
+ #define TIOCGWINSZ (('T' << 8) | 1)
+ #define TIOCSWINSZ (('T' << 8) | 2)
+ #define TIOCLINUX  (('T' << 8) | 3)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8680aeb4055c..c0b82bf673b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7593,6 +7593,8 @@ with pkgs;
       windows.mingw_w64_headers or fallback
     else if libc == "nblibc" then
       netbsd.headers
+    else if libc == "cygwin" then
+      cygwin.newlib-cygwin-headers
     else
       null;