diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib
index 13a006f..6418d7c 160000
--- a/gnulib
+++ b/gnulib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 13a006f97fca894168e4c1aedfa780f83717c78c
+Subproject commit 6418d7c9619803324fe72e226aa96db3763ca23b
diff --git a/sed/compile.c b/sed/compile.c
index f48f8ec..2b8c899 100644
--- a/sed/compile.c
+++ b/sed/compile.c
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ compile_file(cur_program, cmdfile)
 
   prog.file = stdin;
   if (cmdfile[0] != '-' || cmdfile[1] != '\0')
-    prog.file = ck_fopen(cmdfile, "rt", true);
+    prog.file = ck_fopen(cmdfile, read_mode, true);
 
   cur_input.line = 1;
   cur_input.name = cmdfile;
diff --git a/sed/sed.c b/sed/sed.c
index bab2296..cfab9da 100644
--- a/sed/sed.c
+++ b/sed/sed.c
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ bool follow_symlinks = false;
 char *in_place_extension = NULL;
 
 /* The mode to use to read files, either "rt" or "rb".  */
+#ifndef __CYGWIN__
 char *read_mode = "rt";
+#else
+char *read_mode = "r";
+#endif
 
 /* Do we need to be pedantically POSIX compliant? */
 enum posixicity_types posixicity;