diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e09baf6ac96c12..63b41117957cab 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -31754,6 +31754,7 @@ case "$ac_sys_system" in
   iOS) _PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN=63;;
   FreeBSD*) _PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN=19;; # gh-131268
   OpenBSD*) _PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN=23;; # gh-131268
+  CYGWIN*) _PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN=16;;
   *) _PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN=;;
 esac
 if test -n "$_PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN"; then
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d720d322453ee7..6df5d1bee31c67 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7850,6 +7850,7 @@ case "$ac_sys_system" in
   iOS) _PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN=63;;
   FreeBSD*) _PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN=19;; # gh-131268
   OpenBSD*) _PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN=23;; # gh-131268
+  CYGWIN*) _PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN=16;;
   *) _PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN=;;
 esac
 if test -n "$_PYTHREAD_NAME_MAXLEN"; then