diff --git a/lib/socket.cpp b/lib/socket.cpp
index 1b1c6ace..733c969f 100644
--- a/lib/socket.cpp
+++ b/lib/socket.cpp
@@ -1766,6 +1766,11 @@ uint16_t Socket::UDPConnection::bind(int port, std::string iface, const std::str
       sockaddr_in *addr4 = (sockaddr_in *)(rp->ai_addr);
       // multicast has a "1110" bit prefix
       multicast = (((char *)&(addr4->sin_addr))[0] & 0xF0) == 0xE0;
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+      if (multicast){
+        ((sockaddr_in*)rp->ai_addr)->sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+      }
+#endif
     }
     if (multicast){
       const int optval = 1;