diff -Naur sip-5.3.0-orig/sipbuild/buildable.py sip-5.3.0/sipbuild/buildable.py
--- sip-5.3.0-orig/sipbuild/buildable.py	2020-05-31 14:51:51.000000000 +0300
+++ sip-5.3.0/sipbuild/buildable.py	2020-06-07 21:02:20.486145600 +0300
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import importlib
 import os
 import sys
+from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
 
 from .exceptions import UserException
 from .installable import Installable
@@ -147,7 +148,12 @@
         """ Return the filename extension that a module should have. """
 
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
-            return '.pyd'
+            plugin_ext = get_config_var('EXT_SUFFIX')
+            if not plugin_ext:
+                plugin_ext = get_config_var('SO')
+            if not plugin_ext:
+                plugin_ext = '.pyd'
+            return plugin_ext
 
         suffixes = importlib.machinery.EXTENSION_SUFFIXES
 
diff -Naur sip-5.3.0-orig/sipbuild/installable.py sip-5.3.0/sipbuild/installable.py
--- sip-5.3.0-orig/sipbuild/installable.py	2020-05-31 14:51:51.000000000 +0300
+++ sip-5.3.0/sipbuild/installable.py	2020-06-07 20:56:16.487690200 +0300
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 
 import os
+import sys
 from shutil import copy2, copytree
 
 
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
                 target_dir = self.target_subdir
             else:
                 target_dir = os.path.join(target_dir, self.target_subdir)
+
+        if sys.platform == 'win32' and "MSYSTEM" in os.environ:
+            target_dir = os.popen(' '.join(['cygpath', '--unix', target_dir])).readline().strip()
 
         return target_dir
 
diff -Naur sip-5.3.0-orig/sipbuild/distinfo/distinfo.py sip-5.3.0/sipbuild/distinfo/distinfo.py
--- sip-5.3.0-orig/sipbuild/distinfo/distinfo.py	2020-05-31 14:51:51.000000000 +0300
+++ sip-5.3.0/sipbuild/distinfo/distinfo.py	2020-06-11 08:45:35.091288700 +0300
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
         generator = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
 
     # The prefix directory corresponds to DESTDIR or INSTALL_ROOT.
+    if sys.platform == 'win32' and "MSYSTEM" in os.environ:
+        distinfo_dir = os.popen(' '.join(['cygpath', '--unix', distinfo_dir])).readline().strip()
     real_distinfo_dir = prefix_dir + distinfo_dir
 
     # Make sure we have an empty dist-info directory.  Handle exceptions as the