diff --git a/scripts/moveDmp.pl b/scripts/moveDmp.pl
index 5bb49ba1..1d845c8e 100644
--- a/scripts/moveDmp.pl
+++ b/scripts/moveDmp.pl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 if ($path && $testRoot) {
 	my $location = dirname($path);
-	if($^O =~ /cygwin/) {
+	if($^O =~ /cygwin/ || $^O =~ /msys/) {
 		my $cygPath = qx(cygpath -u '$path');
 		$location = dirname($cygPath);
 	}
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ sub moveTDUMPS {
 		$curCorePath =~ s/\r//g;
 		my $curCoreAbsPath = "";
 		my $moveLocationAbs = "";
-		if($^O =~ /cygwin/) {
+		if($^O =~ /cygwin/ || $^O =~ /msys/) {
 			$curCoreAbsPath = qx(cygpath -u '$curCorePath');
 			$moveLocationAbs = $moveLocation;
 			$moveLocation = qx(cygpath -w '$moveLocation');
diff --git a/settings.mk b/settings.mk
index 796dd74f..9fb9fbd0 100644
--- a/settings.mk
+++ b/settings.mk
@@ -111,8 +111,10 @@ endif
 # Environment variable OSTYPE is set to cygwin if running under cygwin.
 ifndef CYGWIN
 	OSTYPE?=$(shell echo $$OSTYPE)
-	ifeq ($(OSTYPE),cygwin)
-			CYGWIN:=1
+	ifeq ($(strip $(OSTYPE)), cygwin)
+		CYGWIN:=1
+	else ifeq ($(strip $(OSTYPE)), msys)
+		CYGWIN:=1
 	else
 		CYGWIN:=0
 	endif
@@ -223,7 +225,6 @@ TEST_SETUP=@echo "Nothing to be done for setup."
 ifeq ($(JDK_IMPL), $(filter $(JDK_IMPL),openj9 ibm))
 	TEST_SETUP=$(JAVA_COMMAND) -Xshareclasses:destroyAll; $(JAVA_COMMAND) -Xshareclasses:groupAccess,destroyAll; echo "cache cleanup done"
 endif
-
 #######################################
 # TEST_TEARDOWN
 #######################################