diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tetex/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tetex/default.nix
index 79f768a086d..24ab02e97d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tetex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/tetex/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, flex, bison, zlib, libpng, ncurses, ed }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, flex, bison, zlib, libpng, ncurses, ed, automake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "tetex-3.0";
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sed -i 57d texk/kpathsea/c-std.h
   '';
 
+  preConfigure = if stdenv.isCygwin then ''
+    find ./ -name "config.guess" -exec rm {} \; -exec ln -s ${automake}/share/automake-*/config.guess {} \;
+  '' else null;
+
   patches = [ ./environment.patch ./getline.patch ./clang.patch ];
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;