diff --git a/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c b/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
index 6ecf78488e01943b912f4d4838f28dac11e2a776..fd7068dcc6ab98a6399685b7c2036f767ef07872 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
+++ b/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
@@ -817,8 +817,10 @@ initialize_environment(void)
 		add_to_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", ':', libdir);
 		add_to_path("DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH", ':', libdir);
 		add_to_path("LIBPATH", ':', libdir);
-#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(WIN32)
 		add_to_path("PATH", ';', libdir);
+#elif defined(__CYGWIN__)
+		add_to_path("PATH", ':', libdir);
 #endif
 	}
 	else