diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnet/sys_bsd.c b/appl/telnet/telnet/sys_bsd.c
index 9af2d1c51..23680e796 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnet/sys_bsd.c
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnet/sys_bsd.c
@@ -831,6 +831,9 @@ process_rings(netin, netout, netex, ttyin, ttyout, poll)
     if (netex) {
 	FD_SET(net, &xbits);
     }
+#ifdef __CYGWIN32__
+    FD_SET(tout, &obits);
+#endif
     if ((c = select(16, &ibits, &obits, &xbits,
 			(poll == 0)? (struct timeval *)0 : &TimeValue)) < 0) {
 	if (c == -1) {
diff --git a/lib/des/read_pwd.c b/lib/des/read_pwd.c
index 6f5ad24a2..bbf296475 100644
--- a/lib/des/read_pwd.c
+++ b/lib/des/read_pwd.c
@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ static int read_pw(buf, buff, size, prompt, verify)
     FILE *tty=NULL;
     char *p;
 
-#ifndef MSDOS
+#ifdef __CYGWIN32__
+    tty = stdin;
+#elif !defined(MSDOS)
     if ((tty=fopen("/dev/tty","r")) == NULL)
 	tty=stdin;
 #else /* MSDOS */