diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/FileTest.cpp b/Foundation/testsuite/src/FileTest.cpp
index a9dfb1932..2f6359995 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/FileTest.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/FileTest.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,11 @@ void FileTest::testFileAttributes2()
 void FileTest::testFileAttributes3()
 {
 #if defined(POCO_OS_FAMILY_UNIX)
-	File f("/dev/console");
+#if POCO_OS==POCO_OS_CYGWIN
+	File f("/dev/tty");
+#else
+ 	File f("/dev/console");
+#endif
 #elif defined(POCO_OS_FAMILY_WINDOWS) && !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
 	File f("CON");
 #endif