diff --git a/configure/tools/convertRelease.pl b/configure/tools/convertRelease.pl
index eb92cd233..7265b3101 100755
--- a/configure/tools/convertRelease.pl
+++ b/configure/tools/convertRelease.pl
@@ -337,7 +337,9 @@ sub UnixPath {
 
 sub LocalPath {
     my ($newpath) = @_;
-    if ($^O eq "darwin") {
+    if ($^O eq "cygwin") {
+	$newpath =~ s{^/cygdrive/([a-zA-Z])/}{$1:/};
+    } elsif ($^O eq "darwin") {
 	# These rules are likely to be site-specific
 	$newpath =~ s{^/private/var/auto\.home/}{/home/};    # APS
     }
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/makeBaseApp.pl b/src/makeBaseApp/makeBaseApp.pl
index da8352eb6..d6f69a3fb 100755
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/makeBaseApp.pl
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/makeBaseApp.pl
@@ -494,7 +494,9 @@ sub UnixPath {
 
 sub LocalPath {
     my ($newpath) = @_;
-    if ($^O eq "darwin") {
+    if ($^O eq "cygwin") {
+	$newpath =~ s{^/cygdrive/([a-zA-Z])/}{$1:/};
+    } elsif ($^O eq "darwin") {
 	# These rules are likely to be site-specific
 	$newpath =~ s{^/private/var/auto\.home/}{/home/};    # APS
     }