1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/test/lisp/filenotify-tests.el b/test/lisp/filenotify-tests.el
index 56403f43092..612ea8cd7f4 100644
--- a/test/lisp/filenotify-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/filenotify-tests.el
@@ -891,9 +891,9 @@ delivered."
 
             ;; Modify file.  We wait for two seconds, in order to
             ;; have another timestamp.  One second seems to be too
-            ;; short.
+            ;; short.  And Cygwin sporadically requires more than two.
             (ert-with-message-capture captured-messages
-              (sleep-for 2)
+              (sleep-for (if (eq system-type 'cygwin) 3 2))
               (write-region
                "foo bla" nil file-notify--test-tmpfile nil 'no-message)