diff --git a/bin/npm b/bin/npm
index 07ade35e..d020ccfe 100755
--- a/bin/npm
+++ b/bin/npm
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+(set -o igncr) 2>/dev/null && set -o igncr; # cygwin encoding fix
 
 basedir=`dirname "$0"`