diff --git a/share/functions/open.fish b/share/functions/open.fish
index 885079e11..63d562371 100644
--- a/share/functions/open.fish
+++ b/share/functions/open.fish
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ if not test (uname) = Darwin
 			end
 		end
 
-		if type -f xdg-open >/dev/null
+		if type -f cygstart >/dev/null
+			for i in $argv
+				cygstart $i
+			end
+		else if type -f xdg-open >/dev/null
 			for i in $argv
 				xdg-open $i
 			end