diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.x b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.x
index 0926e26f64..3b66af5d8d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.x
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_monitor_protocol.x
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@
  * the libvirt_lxc helper program.
  */
 
+/* cygwin's xdr implementation defines xdr_u_int64_t instead of xdr_uint64_t
+ * and lacks IXDR_PUT_INT32 and IXDR_GET_INT32
+ */
+%#ifdef HAVE_XDR_U_INT64_T
+%# define xdr_uint64_t xdr_u_int64_t
+%#endif
+%#ifndef IXDR_PUT_INT32
+%# define IXDR_PUT_INT32 IXDR_PUT_LONG
+%#endif
+%#ifndef IXDR_GET_INT32
+%# define IXDR_GET_INT32 IXDR_GET_LONG
+%#endif
+%#ifndef IXDR_PUT_U_INT32
+%# define IXDR_PUT_U_INT32 IXDR_PUT_U_LONG
+%#endif
+%#ifndef IXDR_GET_U_INT32
+%# define IXDR_GET_U_INT32 IXDR_GET_U_LONG
+%#endif
+
 enum virLXCMonitorExitStatus {
     VIR_LXC_MONITOR_EXIT_STATUS_ERROR,
     VIR_LXC_MONITOR_EXIT_STATUS_SHUTDOWN,