diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ebf17ae..838bcf23 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ## Bugfixes
 
+- Fix `NO_COLOR` support, see #2767 (@acuteenvy)
+
 ## Other
 
 - Upgrade to Rust 2021 edition #2748 (@cyqsimon)
diff --git a/src/bin/bat/app.rs b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
index bb67fc3a..09430623 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ fn is_truecolor_terminal() -> bool {
         .unwrap_or(false)
 }
 
+pub fn env_no_color() -> bool {
+    env::var_os("NO_COLOR").is_some_and(|x| !x.is_empty())
+}
+
 pub struct App {
     pub matches: ArgMatches,
     interactive_output: bool,
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ impl App {
                 || match self.matches.get_one::<String>("color").map(|s| s.as_str()) {
                     Some("always") => true,
                     Some("never") => false,
-                    Some("auto") => env::var_os("NO_COLOR").is_none() && self.interactive_output,
+                    Some("auto") => !env_no_color() && self.interactive_output,
                     _ => unreachable!("other values for --color are not allowed"),
                 },
             paging_mode,
diff --git a/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs b/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
index 8ffeb5b2..e8222a1d 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static VERSION: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| {
 });
 
 pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> Command {
-    let color_when = if interactive_output && env::var_os("NO_COLOR").is_none() {
+    let color_when = if interactive_output && !crate::app::env_no_color() {
         ColorChoice::Auto
     } else {
         ColorChoice::Never