diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6c6c1c44bb..1fbde5d3e3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1030,7 +1030,10 @@ test_nvcc(){
     log test_nvcc "$@"
     cat > $TMPCU
     log_file $TMPCU
-    test_cmd $nvcc -ptx $NVCCFLAGS "$@" $NVCC_C $(nvcc_o $TMPO) $TMPCU
+    tmpcu_=$TMPCU
+    tmpo_=$TMPO
+    [ -x "$(command -v cygpath)" ] && tmpcu_=$(cygpath -m $tmpcu_) && tmpo_=$(cygpath -m $tmpo_)
+    test_cmd $nvcc -ptx $NVCCFLAGS "$@" $NVCC_C $(nvcc_o $tmpo_) $tmpcu_
 }
 
 check_nvcc() {