diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/StreamOutput.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/StreamOutput.php
index 86fe1827e9..70623681dc 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/StreamOutput.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/StreamOutput.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class StreamOutput extends Output
      *
      * Colorization is disabled if not supported by the stream:
      *
-     *  -  Windows without Ansicon and ConEmu
+     *  -  Windows without Ansicon, ConEmu or Mintty
      *  -  non tty consoles
      *
      * @return bool true if the stream supports colorization, false otherwise
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class StreamOutput extends Output
     {
         // @codeCoverageIgnoreStart
         if (DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR === '\\') {
-            return false !== getenv('ANSICON') || 'ON' === getenv('ConEmuANSI');
+            return false !== getenv('ANSICON') || 'ON' === getenv('ConEmuANSI') || 'xterm' === getenv('TERM');
         }
 
         return function_exists('posix_isatty') && @posix_isatty($this->stream);