diff --git a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
index 1dd78219..c7041cdc 100644
--- a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
+++ b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ Following is the default configuration. See |nvim-tree-opts| for details.
         show_on_open_dirs = true,
         disable_for_dirs = {},
         timeout = 400,
+        cygwin_support = false,
       },
       diagnostics = {
         enable = false,
@@ -1118,6 +1119,10 @@ Kills the git process after some time if it takes too long.
 Git integration will be disabled after 10 git jobs exceed this timeout.
   Type: `number`, Default: `400` (ms)
 
+*nvim-tree.git.cygwin_support*
+Use `cygpath` if available to resolve paths for git.
+  Type: `boolean`, Default: `false`
+
 ==============================================================================
  5.8 OPTS: DIAGNOSTICS                            *nvim-tree-opts-diagnostics*
 
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree.lua b/lua/nvim-tree.lua
index d2552b84..c6384c86 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree.lua
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ local DEFAULT_OPTS = { -- BEGIN_DEFAULT_OPTS
     show_on_open_dirs = true,
     disable_for_dirs = {},
     timeout = 400,
+    cygwin_support = false,
   },
   diagnostics = {
     enable = false,
@@ -794,6 +795,7 @@ function M.setup(conf)
   require("nvim-tree.diagnostics").setup(opts)
   require("nvim-tree.explorer").setup(opts)
   require("nvim-tree.git").setup(opts)
+  require("nvim-tree.git.utils").setup(opts)
   require("nvim-tree.view").setup(opts)
   require("nvim-tree.lib").setup(opts)
   require("nvim-tree.renderer").setup(opts)
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/git/utils.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/git/utils.lua
index 9d5c58b9..b9ba371c 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/git/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/git/utils.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-local M = {}
 local log = require "nvim-tree.log"
 local utils = require "nvim-tree.utils"
 
-local has_cygpath = vim.fn.executable "cygpath" == 1
+local M = {
+  use_cygpath = false,
+}
 
 --- Retrieve the git toplevel directory
 --- @param cwd string path
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ function M.get_toplevel(cwd)
   -- git always returns path with forward slashes
   if vim.fn.has "win32" == 1 then
     -- msys2 git support
-    if has_cygpath then
+    if M.use_cygpath then
       toplevel = vim.fn.system("cygpath -w " .. vim.fn.shellescape(toplevel))
       if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
         return nil, nil
@@ -112,4 +113,10 @@ function M.file_status_to_dir_status(status, cwd)
   return r
 end
 
+function M.setup(opts)
+  if opts.git.cygwin_support then
+    M.use_cygpath = vim.fn.executable "cygpath" == 1
+  end
+end
+
 return M