Index: Modules/_ssl.c
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--- Modules/_ssl.c	(revision 66634)
+++ Modules/_ssl.c	(working copy)
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
 
 #endif
 
+/* current cygwin crashes on thread termination if uses setup_ssl_threads */
+#if defined(WITH_THREAD) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#define SETUP_SSL_THREADS
+#endif
+
 enum py_ssl_error {
 	/* these mirror ssl.h */
 	PY_SSL_ERROR_NONE,
@@ -1491,7 +1496,7 @@
 };
 
 
-#ifdef WITH_THREAD
+#ifdef SETUP_SSL_THREADS
 
 /* an implementation of OpenSSL threading operations in terms
    of the Python C thread library */
@@ -1556,7 +1561,7 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-#endif	/* def HAVE_THREAD */
+#endif	/* def SETUP_SSL_THREADS */
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
 "Implementation module for SSL socket operations.  See the socket module\n\
@@ -1580,7 +1585,7 @@
 
 	/* Init OpenSSL */
 	SSL_load_error_strings();
-#ifdef WITH_THREAD
+#ifdef SETUP_SSL_THREADS
 	/* note that this will start threading if not already started */
 	if (!_setup_ssl_threads()) {
 		return;