diff --git a/COMPILE b/COMPILE
index c97fc28cfd..e5824b88ec 100644
--- a/COMPILE
+++ b/COMPILE
@@ -45,20 +45,29 @@ only following files:
 if you want 64-bit binaries) are required.
 
 	- To cross-compile Windows 32-bit binary, simply run
-		$ ./compile.sh win32
+		$ ./compile.sh cross-win32
 
 	- To cross-compile Windows 64-bit binary, simply run
-		$ ./compile.sh win64
+		$ ./compile.sh cross-win64
 
 Resulted files "capstone.dll" and "tests/test*.exe" can then be used on Windows machine.
 
 
 
-(4) By default, gcc is used as compiler. If you want to use "clang" instead, compile
+(4) To compile under Cygwin gcc-mingw-w64-i686 or x86_64-w64-mingw32 run:
+
+        - To compile Windows 32-bit binary under Cygwin, simply run
+                $ ./compile.sh cygwin-mingw32
+
+        - To compile Windows 64-bit binary under Cygwin, simply run
+                $ ./compile.sh cygwin-mingw64
+
+
+(5) By default, gcc is used as compiler. If you want to use "clang" instead, compile
 the code with:
 
 	$ ./compile clang
 
 
-(5) So far, Python, Ruby, Ocaml, Java, C# and Go are supported by bindings. Look for the bindings
+(6) So far, Python, Ruby, Ocaml, Java, C# and Go are supported by bindings. Look for the bindings
 under directory bindings/, and refer to README file of corresponding languages.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a2186d57aa..e9b20a14d2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,19 +20,40 @@ LIBOBJ += MCInst.o
 
 # by default, lib extension is .so
 EXT = so
+PERMS = 0644
 
-# OSX is the exception
+# OSX?
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
 EXT = dylib
+else
+# Cygwin?
+UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s | sed 's|.*\(CYGWIN\).*|CYGWIN|')
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),CYGWIN)
+EXT = dll
+# Cygwin doesn't like -fPIC
+CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS:-fPIC=)
+# On Windows we need the shared library to be executable
+PERMS = 0755
+else
+# mingw?
+IS_MINGW := $(shell $(CC) --version | grep -i mingw | wc -l)
+ifeq ($(IS_MINGW),1)
+EXT = dll
+# mingw doesn't like -fPIC either
+CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS:-fPIC=)
+# On Windows we need the shared library to be executable
+PERMS = 0755
+endif
+endif
 endif
 
 
-.PHONY: all clean lib windows win_lib install uninstall
+.PHONY: all clean lib install uninstall
 
 all: lib
 	make -C tests
-	install -m0644 lib$(LIBNAME).$(EXT) tests
+	install -m$(PERMS) lib$(LIBNAME).$(EXT) tests
 
 lib: $(LIBOBJ)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBOBJ) -o lib$(LIBNAME).$(EXT)
@@ -40,7 +61,7 @@ lib: $(LIBOBJ)
 	#strip lib$(LIBNAME).$(EXT)
 
 install: lib
-	install -m0644 lib$(LIBNAME).$(EXT) /usr/lib
+	install -m$(PERMS) lib$(LIBNAME).$(EXT) /usr/lib
 	mkdir -p /usr/include/$(LIBNAME)
 	install -m0644 include/capstone.h /usr/include/$(LIBNAME)
 	install -m0644 include/x86.h /usr/include/$(LIBNAME)
@@ -52,18 +73,8 @@ uninstall:
 	rm -rf /usr/include/$(LIBNAME)
 	rm -rf /usr/lib/lib$(LIBNAME).$(EXT)
 
-# Mingw32
-windows: win_lib
-	install -m0644 $(LIBNAME).dll tests
-	make -C tests windows
-
-# Mingw32
-win_lib: $(LIBOBJ)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBOBJ) -o $(LIBNAME).dll
-	strip $(LIBNAME).dll
-
 clean:
-	rm -f $(LIBOBJ) lib$(LIBNAME).* $(LIBNAME).dll
+	rm -f $(LIBOBJ) lib$(LIBNAME).*
 	#cd bindings/ruby; make clean; rm -rf Makefile
 	cd bindings/python; make clean
 	cd bindings/csharp; make clean
diff --git a/arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.c b/arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.c
index b63094d5ee..bbed5a8ee9 100644
--- a/arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.c
+++ b/arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static bool compare_lower_str(char *s1, char *s2)
 {
 	char *lower = strdup(s2), *c;
 	for (c = lower; *c; c++)
-		*c = tolower(*c);
+		*c = tolower((int) *c);
 
 	bool res = (strcmp(s1, lower) == 0);
 	free(lower);
diff --git a/arch/X86/mapping.c b/arch/X86/mapping.c
index 0f42b31995..5120e06c60 100644
--- a/arch/X86/mapping.c
+++ b/arch/X86/mapping.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static enum {
 	X86_REG_BP_DI = 503,
 	X86_REG_sib   = 504,
 	X86_REG_sib64 = 505
-} _dummy;
+} __attribute__((unused)) _dummy;
 
 static x86_reg sib_index_map[] = {
 	X86_REG_INVALID,
diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
index 08ffb84679..c6da2f6867 100755
--- a/compile.sh
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,23 @@
 # Capstone Disassembler Engine
 # By Nguyen Anh Quynh <aquynh@gmail.com>, 2013>
 
+function build {
+	make clean
+
+	if [ ${CC}x != x ]; then
+		make CC=$CC
+	else
+		make
+	fi
+}
+
 case "$1" in
-  "" ) make clean; make;;
-  "nix32" ) make clean; CFLAGS=-m32 LDFLAGS=-m32 make;;
-  "clang" ) make clean; make CC=clang;;
-  "win32" ) make clean; make CROSS=i686-w64-mingw32- windows;;
-  "win64" ) make clean; make CROSS=x86_64-w64-mingw32- windows;;
-  * ) echo "Usage: compile.sh [nix32|clang|win32|win64]"; exit 1;;
+  "" ) build;;
+  "nix32" ) CFLAGS=-m32 LDFLAGS=-m32 build;;
+  "clang" ) CC=clang build;;
+  "cross-win32" ) CROSS=i686-w64-mingw32- build;;
+  "cross-win64" ) CROSS=x86_64-w64-mingw32- build;;
+  "cygwin-mingw32" ) CROSS=i686-pc-mingw32- build;;
+  "cygwin-mingw64" ) CROSS=x86_64-w64-mingw32- build;;
+  * ) echo "Usage: compile.sh [nix32|clang|cross-win32|cross-win64|cygwin-mingw32|cygwin-mingw64]"; exit 1;;
 esac
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 56cb43f942..f102dca613 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,19 @@ CFLAGS += -fPIC -O3 -Wall -I$(INCDIR) -L$(LIBDIR)
 
 LIBNAME = capstone
 
-.PHONY: all clean win_test
+# Cygwin?
+UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s | sed 's|.*\(CYGWIN\).*|CYGWIN|')
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),CYGWIN)
+CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS:-fPIC=)
+else
+# mingw?
+IS_MINGW := $(shell $(CC) --version | grep -i mingw | wc -l)
+ifeq ($(IS_MINGW),1)
+CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS:-fPIC=)
+endif
+endif
+
+.PHONY: all clean
 
 all: test.o test_detail.o test_x86.o test_arm64.o test_arm.o test_mips.o
 	${CC} $(CFLAGS) test.o -O3 -Wall -l$(LIBNAME) -o test
@@ -20,15 +32,6 @@ all: test.o test_detail.o test_x86.o test_arm64.o test_arm.o test_mips.o
 	${CC} $(CFLAGS) test_arm.o -O3 -Wall -l$(LIBNAME) -o test_arm
 	${CC} $(CFLAGS) test_mips.o -O3 -Wall -l$(LIBNAME) -o test_mips
 
-# Mingw32
-windows: test.o test_detail.o test_x86.o test_arm64.o test_arm.o test_mips.o
-	${CC} test.o -O3 -Wall $(LIBNAME).dll -o test.exe
-	${CC} test_detail.o -O3 -Wall $(LIBNAME).dll -o test_detail.exe
-	${CC} test_x86.o -O3 -Wall $(LIBNAME).dll -o test_x86.exe
-	${CC} test_arm64.o -O3 -Wall $(LIBNAME).dll -o test_arm64.exe
-	${CC} test_arm.o -O3 -Wall $(LIBNAME).dll -o test_arm.exe
-	${CC} test_mips.o -O3 -Wall $(LIBNAME).dll -o test_mips.exe
-
 clean:
 	rm -rf test_x86 test_x86.exe test_x86.o
 	rm -rf test_arm64 test_arm64.exe test_arm64.o
@@ -36,8 +39,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf test_mips test_mips.exe test_mips.o
 	rm -rf test test.exe test.o
 	rm -rf test_detail test_detail.exe test_detail.o
-	rm -rf *.dll
-	rm -rf *.so
+	rm -f libcapstone.*
 
 .c.o:
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c $< -o $@