diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b4741ff303..334fe4ec41 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ all:
 # Define NO_EXPAT if you do not have expat installed.  git-http-push is
 # not built, and you cannot push using http:// and https:// transports.
 #
+# Define NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT if you don't have d_ino in your struct dirent.
+#
 # Define NO_STRCASESTR if you don't have strcasestr.
 #
 # Define NO_SETENV if you don't have setenv in the C library.
@@ -234,6 +236,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),SunOS)
 	ALL_CFLAGS += -D__EXTENSIONS__
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_O),Cygwin)
+	NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT = YesPlease
 	NO_STRCASESTR = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
 	# There are conflicting reports about this.
@@ -334,6 +337,9 @@ ifdef NEEDS_NSL
 	LIBS += -lnsl
 	SIMPLE_LIB += -lnsl
 endif
+ifdef NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT
+	ALL_CFLAGS += -DNO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT
+endif
 ifdef NO_STRCASESTR
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_STRCASESTR
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/strcasestr.o
diff --git a/fsck-objects.c b/fsck-objects.c
index 90e638e573..9950be2645 100644
--- a/fsck-objects.c
+++ b/fsck-objects.c
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ static int check_strict = 0;
 static int keep_cache_objects = 0; 
 static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
 
+#if NO_D_INO_IN_DIRENT
+#define SORT_DIRENT 0
+#define DIRENT_SORT_HINT(de) 0
+#else
+#define SORT_DIRENT 1
+#define DIRENT_SORT_HINT(de) ((de)->d_ino)
+#endif
 
 static void objreport(struct object *obj, const char *severity,
                       const char *err, va_list params)
@@ -307,7 +314,9 @@ static void fsck_sha1_list(void)
 {
 	int i, nr = sha1_list.nr;
 
-	qsort(sha1_list.entry, nr, sizeof(struct sha1_entry *), ino_compare);
+	if (SORT_DIRENT)
+		qsort(sha1_list.entry, nr,
+		      sizeof(struct sha1_entry *), ino_compare);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		struct sha1_entry *entry = sha1_list.entry[i];
 		unsigned char *sha1 = entry->sha1;
@@ -361,7 +370,7 @@ static int fsck_dir(int i, char *path)
 			memcpy(name+2, de->d_name, len+1);
 			if (get_sha1_hex(name, sha1) < 0)
 				break;
-			add_sha1_list(sha1, de->d_ino);
+			add_sha1_list(sha1, DIRENT_SORT_HINT(de));
 			continue;
 		}
 		fprintf(stderr, "bad sha1 file: %s/%s\n", path, de->d_name);