diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 811623cef..0205dd522 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex-syntax 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tempdir 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "windows 0.0.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -323,6 +324,14 @@ name = "winapi-build"
 version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "kernel32-sys 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [metadata]
 "checksum aho-corasick 0.6.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "500909c4f87a9e52355b26626d890833e9e1d53ac566db76c36faa984b889699"
 "checksum ansi_term 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "23ac7c30002a5accbf7e8987d0632fa6de155b7c3d39d0067317a391e00a2ef6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 89c218798..d35f3978c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ repository = "sharkdp/fd"
 clap = "2.26.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-ansi_term = "0.10"
+ansi_term = "0.9"
 atty = "0.2"
 clap = "2.26.0"
 ignore = "0.2"
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ regex-syntax = "0.4"
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "redox")))'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
 
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
+windows = { path = "win" }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 diff = "0.1"
 tempdir = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c064290cc..84680ab8f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ extern crate libc;
 extern crate num_cpus;
 extern crate regex;
 extern crate regex_syntax;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+extern crate windows;
 
 pub mod fshelper;
 pub mod lscolors;
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ fn main() {
         _ => atty::is(Stream::Stdout),
     };
     #[cfg(windows)]
-    let colored_output = colored_output && ansi_term::enable_ansi_support().is_ok();
+    let colored_output = colored_output && windows::enable_colored_output();
 
     let ls_colors = if colored_output {
         Some(
diff --git a/win/Cargo.lock b/win/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62ef489a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[root]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "kernel32-sys 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "kernel32-sys"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi-build 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-build"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
+[metadata]
+"checksum kernel32-sys 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7507624b29483431c0ba2d82aece8ca6cdba9382bff4ddd0f7490560c056098d"
+"checksum winapi 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "167dc9d6949a9b857f3451275e911c3f44255842c1f7a76f33c55103a909087a"
+"checksum winapi-build 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2d315eee3b34aca4797b2da6b13ed88266e6d612562a0c46390af8299fc699bc"
diff --git a/win/Cargo.toml b/win/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1d95a215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.0.0"
+
+[dependencies]
+kernel32-sys = "0.2"
+winapi = "0.2"
diff --git a/win/src/lib.rs b/win/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46b5496c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+extern crate kernel32;
+extern crate winapi;
+
+use kernel32::{GetStdHandle, GetConsoleMode, SetConsoleMode};
+use winapi::{STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE};
+
+const ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING: u32 = 0x0004;
+
+// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-virtual-terminal-sequences#example
+pub fn enable_colored_output() -> bool {
+    unsafe {
+        let handle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+        if handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/getconsolemode
+        let mut mode = 0;
+        if GetConsoleMode(handle, &mut mode) == 0 {
+            return false;
+        }
+        mode |= ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
+
+        // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/setconsolemode
+        //
+        // A console consists of an input buffer and one or more screen buffers.  ...  Setting the
+        // output modes of one screen buffer does not affect the output modes of other screen
+        // buffers.
+        SetConsoleMode(handle, mode) != 0
+    }
+}