diff --git a/src/constants.go b/src/constants.go
index 941fdcc4..06889903 100644
--- a/src/constants.go
+++ b/src/constants.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package fzf
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/junegunn/fzf/src/util"
@@ -47,6 +48,18 @@ const (
 	defaultJumpLabels string = "asdfghjklqwertyuiopzxcvbnm1234567890ASDFGHJKLQWERTYUIOPZXCVBNM`~;:,<.>/?'\"!@#$%^&*()[{]}-_=+"
 )
 
+var defaultCommand string
+
+func init() {
+	if !util.IsWindows() {
+		defaultCommand = `command find -L . -mindepth 1 \( -path '*/\.*' -o -fstype 'sysfs' -o -fstype 'devfs' -o -fstype 'devtmpfs' -o -fstype 'proc' \) -prune -o -type f -print -o -type l -print 2> /dev/null | cut -b3-`
+	} else if os.Getenv("TERM") == "cygwin" {
+		defaultCommand = `sh -c "command find -L . -mindepth 1 -path '*/\.*' -prune -o -type f -print -o -type l -print 2> /dev/null | cut -b3-"`
+	} else {
+		defaultCommand = `dir /s/b`
+	}
+}
+
 // fzf events
 const (
 	EvtReadNew util.EventType = iota
diff --git a/src/constants_unix.go b/src/constants_unix.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 94371e62..00000000
--- a/src/constants_unix.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// +build !windows
-
-package fzf
-
-const (
-	// Reader
-	defaultCommand = `command find -L . -mindepth 1 \( -path '*/\.*' -o -fstype 'sysfs' -o -fstype 'devfs' -o -fstype 'devtmpfs' -o -fstype 'proc' \) -prune -o -type f -print -o -type l -print 2> /dev/null | cut -b3-`
-)
diff --git a/src/constants_windows.go b/src/constants_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index efd3f11c..00000000
--- a/src/constants_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// +build windows
-
-package fzf
-
-const (
-	// Reader
-	defaultCommand = `dir /s/b`
-)