diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/DeprecationErrorHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/DeprecationErrorHandler.php
index 42d88b030d..063723d32d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/DeprecationErrorHandler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/DeprecationErrorHandler.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class DeprecationErrorHandler
     private static function hasColorSupport()
     {
         if ('\\' === DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
-            return false !== getenv('ANSICON') || 'ON' === getenv('ConEmuANSI');
+            return false !== getenv('ANSICON') || 'ON' === getenv('ConEmuANSI') || 'xterm' === getenv('TERM');
         }
 
         return defined('STDOUT') && function_exists('posix_isatty') && @posix_isatty(STDOUT);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Dumper/CliDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Dumper/CliDumper.php
index 1fcad90c87..cbdef90dd4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Dumper/CliDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Dumper/CliDumper.php
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class CliDumper extends AbstractDumper
         }
 
         if ('\\' === DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
-            static::$defaultColors = @(false !== getenv('ANSICON') || 'ON' === getenv('ConEmuANSI'));
+            static::$defaultColors = @(false !== getenv('ANSICON') || 'ON' === getenv('ConEmuANSI') || 'xterm' === getenv('TERM'));
         } elseif (function_exists('posix_isatty')) {
             $h = stream_get_meta_data($this->outputStream) + array('wrapper_type' => null);
             $h = 'Output' === $h['stream_type'] && 'PHP' === $h['wrapper_type'] ? fopen('php://stdout', 'wb') : $this->outputStream;