--- a/net-misc/wget/wget-1.18.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/wget/wget-1.18.ebuild
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ pkg_setup() {
 src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.17.1-gnulib-cygwin-sys_select.patch
 	# revert some hack that breaks linking, bug #585924
-	if [[ ${CHOST} == *-darwin* ]] || [[ ${CHOST} == *-solaris* ]] || [[ ${CHOST} == *-uclibc* ]]; then
+	if [[ ${CHOST} == *-darwin* ]] \
+	|| [[ ${CHOST} == *-solaris* ]] \
+	|| [[ ${CHOST} == *-uclibc* ]] \
+	|| [[ ${CHOST} == *-cygwin* ]] \
+	; then
 		sed -i \
 			-e 's/^  LIBICONV=$/:/' \
 			configure || die