diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 37fbd530..2fbe223f 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -335,6 +335,15 @@ impl App {
     pub fn config(&self) -> Result<Config> {
         let files = self.files();
 
+        let colored_output = match self.matches.value_of("color") {
+            Some("always") => true,
+            Some("never") => false,
+            Some("auto") | _ => self.interactive_output,
+        };
+
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        let colored_output = colored_output && ansi_term::enable_ansi_support().is_ok();
+
         Ok(Config {
             true_color: is_truecolor_terminal(),
             output_components: self.output_components()?,
@@ -349,11 +358,7 @@ impl App {
                     Some("never") | _ => OutputWrap::None,
                 }
             },
-            colored_output: match self.matches.value_of("color") {
-                Some("always") => true,
-                Some("never") => false,
-                Some("auto") | _ => self.interactive_output,
-            },
+            colored_output,
             paging_mode: match self.matches.value_of("paging") {
                 Some("always") => PagingMode::Always,
                 Some("never") => PagingMode::Never,