diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 5bdc8ab2e..22bf98f6a 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-26  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* main.c (init_xterm_support): Force xterm-style screen saving
+	and no mouse on "cygwin" terminal.
+
 2002-08-25  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* man2hlp.c: Change default from the English string for TOPICS,
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index e9e41ca56..e784751bd 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1558,6 +1558,11 @@ init_xterm_support (void)
 	xmouse_seq = NULL;
     }
 
+    if (strcmp (termvalue, "cygwin") == 0) {
+	force_xterm = 1;
+	use_mouse_p = MOUSE_DISABLED;
+    }
+
     if (force_xterm
 	    || strncmp (termvalue, "xterm", 5) == 0
 	    || strncmp (termvalue, "rxvt", 4) == 0