diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 1d85e57a0..86857640d 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 - Building: Added hashcat32.dll and hashcat64.dll makefile targets for building hashcat windows libraries
 - Building: Added production flag in Makefile to disable all the GCC compiler options needed only for development
 - Building: Removed access to readlink() on FreeBSD
+- Building: For CYGWIN prefer to use "opencl.dll" (installed by drivers) instead of optional "cygOpenCL-1.dll"
 - Events: Added new event EVENT_WEAK_HASH_ALL_CRACKED if all hashes have been cracked during weak hash check
 - Hardware management: Switched matching ADL device with OpenCL device by using PCI bus, device and function
 - Hardware management: Switched matching NvAPI device with OpenCL device by using PCI bus, device and function
diff --git a/src/opencl.c b/src/opencl.c
index e903bcdd4..f32127988 100644
--- a/src/opencl.c
+++ b/src/opencl.c
@@ -377,7 +377,9 @@ int ocl_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
   #elif defined(__APPLE__)
   ocl->lib = hc_dlopen ("/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenCL.framework/OpenCL", RTLD_NOW);
   #elif defined (__CYGWIN__)
-  ocl->lib = hc_dlopen ("cygOpenCL-1.dll", RTLD_NOW);
+  ocl->lib = hc_dlopen ("opencl.dll", RTLD_NOW);
+
+  if (ocl->lib == NULL) ocl->lib = hc_dlopen ("cygOpenCL-1.dll", RTLD_NOW);
   #else
   ocl->lib = hc_dlopen ("libOpenCL.so", RTLD_NOW);