diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 77600ef2b5..c41a396f3e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3041,15 +3041,16 @@ if check_cpp_condition features.h "defined __UCLIBC__"; then
 elif check_cpp_condition features.h "defined __GLIBC__"; then
     libc_type=glibc
     add_cppflags -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
+# MinGW headers can be installed on Cygwin, so check for newlib first.
+elif check_cpp_condition newlib.h "defined _NEWLIB_VERSION"; then
+    libc_type=newlib
+    add_cppflags -U__STRICT_ANSI__
 elif check_header _mingw.h; then
     libc_type=mingw
     check_cpp_condition _mingw.h \
         "defined (__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR) || (__MINGW32_MAJOR_VERSION > 3) || \
             (__MINGW32_MAJOR_VERSION == 3 && __MINGW32_MINOR_VERSION >= 15)" ||
         die "ERROR: MinGW runtime version must be >= 3.15."
-elif check_cpp_condition newlib.h "defined _NEWLIB_VERSION"; then
-    libc_type=newlib
-    add_cppflags -U__STRICT_ANSI__
 elif check_func_headers stdlib.h _get_doserrno; then
     libc_type=msvcrt
     add_compat strtod.o strtod=avpriv_strtod