diff --git a/newlib/libc/reent/getreent.c b/newlib/libc/reent/getreent.c
index 60ae6fbb7..176923226 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/reent/getreent.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/reent/getreent.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* default reentrant pointer when multithread enabled */
-
 #include <_ansi.h>
 #include <reent.h>
 
@@ -10,5 +9,11 @@
 struct _reent *
 _DEFUN_VOID(__getreent)
 {
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  /* Utilize Cygwin's inline definition from include/cygwin/config.h
+     (note the extra underscore) */
+  return __inline_getreent ();
+#else
   return _impure_ptr;
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/config.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/config.h
index c09641ed1..585a2567f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/config.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/config.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "../tlsoffsets.h"
 #endif
 __attribute__((gnu_inline))
-extern inline struct _reent *__getreent (void)
+extern inline struct _reent *__inline_getreent (void)
 {
   register char *ret;
 #ifdef __x86_64__
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ extern inline struct _reent *__getreent (void)
 #endif
   return (struct _reent *) (ret + tls_local_clib);
 }
+#define __getreent()	__inline_getreent()
 #endif  /* _COMPILING_NEWLIB */
 
 #ifdef __x86_64__