diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index d1b06c4..7984c37 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 # GNUMakefile for test
 
+UNAME_S := $(shell uname -o)
+CNVTXT=:
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Cygwin)
+	CNVTXT=unix2dos
+endif
+
 RM=rm -f
 CMP=:
 ECHO=echo
-PYTHON=python2
+PYTHON=python
 
 PDF2TXT=PYTHONPATH=.. $(PYTHON) ../tools/pdf2txt.py -p1 -V
 
@@ -40,10 +46,13 @@ tests:
 	for i in $(TESTS); do \
 		$(ECHO) $$i; \
 		$(PDF2TXT) -t html -o $$i.html $$i.pdf || exit 1; \
+		$(CNVTXT) $$i.html || exit 1; \
 		$(CMP) $$i.html $$i.html.ref || exit 1; \
 		$(PDF2TXT) -t xml -o $$i.xml $$i.pdf || exit 1; \
+		$(CNVTXT) $$i.xml || exit 1; \
 		$(CMP) $$i.xml $$i.xml.ref || exit 1; \
-		$(PDF2TXT) -t text -o $$i.txt $$i.pdf || eixt 1; \
+		$(PDF2TXT) -t text -o $$i.txt $$i.pdf || exit 1; \
+		$(CNVTXT) $$i.txt || exit 1; \
 		$(CMP) $$i.txt $$i.txt.ref || exit 1; \
 	done