diff --git a/log/term/colorwriter_windows.go b/log/term/colorwriter_windows.go
index 4d2d673..fcacda3 100644
--- a/log/term/colorwriter_windows.go
+++ b/log/term/colorwriter_windows.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 // platform support for ANSI color codes. If w is not a terminal it is
 // returned unmodified.
 func NewColorWriter(w io.Writer) io.Writer {
-	if !IsTerminal(w) {
+	if !IsConsole(w) {
 		return w
 	}
 
diff --git a/log/term/terminal_windows.go b/log/term/terminal_windows.go
index 5e797f4..753fd12 100644
--- a/log/term/terminal_windows.go
+++ b/log/term/terminal_windows.go
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 package term
 
 import (
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"io"
+	"regexp"
 	"syscall"
 	"unsafe"
 )
@@ -16,16 +18,85 @@
 var kernel32 = syscall.NewLazyDLL("kernel32.dll")
 
 var (
-	procGetConsoleMode = kernel32.NewProc("GetConsoleMode")
+	procGetFileInformationByHandleEx = kernel32.NewProc("GetFileInformationByHandleEx")
+	msysPipeNameRegex                = regexp.MustCompile(`\\(cygwin|msys)-\w+-pty\d?-(to|from)-master`)
+)
+
+const (
+	fileNameInfo = 0x02
 )
 
 // IsTerminal returns true if w writes to a terminal.
 func IsTerminal(w io.Writer) bool {
-	fw, ok := w.(fder)
-	if !ok {
+	return IsConsole(w) || IsMSYSTerminal(w)
+}
+
+// IsConsole returns true if w writes to a Windows console.
+func IsConsole(w io.Writer) bool {
+	var handle syscall.Handle
+
+	if fw, ok := w.(fder); ok {
+		handle = syscall.Handle(fw.Fd())
+	} else {
+		// The writer has no file-descriptor and so can't be a terminal.
 		return false
 	}
+
 	var st uint32
-	r, _, e := syscall.Syscall(procGetConsoleMode.Addr(), 2, fw.Fd(), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&st)), 0)
-	return r != 0 && e == 0
+	err := syscall.GetConsoleMode(handle, &st)
+
+	// If the handle is attached to a terminal, GetConsoleMode returns a
+	// non-zero value containing the console mode flags. We don't care about
+	// the specifics of flags, just that it is not zero.
+	return (err == nil && st != 0)
 }
+
+// IsMSYSTerminal returns true if w writes to a MSYS/MSYS2 terminal.
+func IsMSYSTerminal(w io.Writer) bool {
+	var handle syscall.Handle
+
+	if fw, ok := w.(fder); ok {
+		handle = syscall.Handle(fw.Fd())
+	} else {
+		// The writer has no file-descriptor and so can't be a terminal.
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// MSYS(2) terminal reports as a pipe for STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR. If it isn't
+	// a pipe, it can't be a MSYS(2) terminal.
+	filetype, err := syscall.GetFileType(handle)
+
+	if filetype != syscall.FILE_TYPE_PIPE || err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// MSYS2/Cygwin terminal's name looks like: \msys-dd50a72ab4668b33-pty2-to-master
+	data := make([]byte, 256, 256)
+
+	r, _, e := syscall.Syscall6(
+		procGetFileInformationByHandleEx.Addr(),
+		4,
+		uintptr(handle),
+		uintptr(fileNameInfo),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&data[0])),
+		uintptr(len(data)),
+		0,
+		0,
+	)
+
+	if r != 0 && e == 0 {
+		// The first 4 bytes of the buffer are the size of the UTF16 name, in bytes.
+		unameLen := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(data[:4]) / 2
+		uname := make([]uint16, unameLen, unameLen)
+
+		for i := uint32(0); i < unameLen; i++ {
+			uname[i] = binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(data[i*2+4 : i*2+2+4])
+		}
+
+		name := syscall.UTF16ToString(uname)
+
+		return msysPipeNameRegex.MatchString(name)
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/log/term/terminal_windows_test.go b/log/term/terminal_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6da8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log/term/terminal_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package term
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// +build windows
+
+type myWriter struct {
+	fd uintptr
+}
+
+func (w *myWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
+}
+
+func (w *myWriter) Fd() uintptr {
+	return w.fd
+}
+
+var procGetStdHandle = kernel32.NewProc("GetStdHandle")
+
+const stdOutputHandle = ^uintptr(0) - 11 + 1
+
+func getConsoleHandle() syscall.Handle {
+	ptr, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString("CONOUT$")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	handle, err := syscall.CreateFile(ptr, syscall.GENERIC_READ|syscall.GENERIC_WRITE, syscall.FILE_SHARE_READ, nil, syscall.OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return handle
+}
+
+func TestIsTerminal(t *testing.T) {
+	// This is necessary because depending on whether `go test` is called with
+	// the `-v` option, stdout will or will not be bound, changing the behavior
+	// of the test. So we refer to it directly to avoid flakyness.
+	handle := getConsoleHandle()
+
+	writer := &myWriter{
+		fd: uintptr(handle),
+	}
+
+	if !IsTerminal(writer) {
+		t.Errorf("output is supposed to be a terminal")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsConsole(t *testing.T) {
+	// This is necessary because depending on whether `go test` is called with
+	// the `-v` option, stdout will or will not be bound, changing the behavior
+	// of the test. So we refer to it directly to avoid flakyness.
+	handle := getConsoleHandle()
+
+	writer := &myWriter{
+		fd: uintptr(handle),
+	}
+
+	if !IsConsole(writer) {
+		t.Errorf("output is supposed to be a console")
+	}
+}