diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/DeprecationErrorHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/DeprecationErrorHandler.php
index 42d88b030d5b2..063723d32db29 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/DeprecationErrorHandler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/PhpUnit/DeprecationErrorHandler.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public static function register($mode = false)
     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/Console/Output/StreamOutput.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/StreamOutput.php
index 1d13ffe88117b..e63841d260bcb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/StreamOutput.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/StreamOutput.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ protected function doWrite($message, $newline)
      *
      * Colorization is disabled if not supported by the stream:
      *
-     *  -  Windows without Ansicon and ConEmu
+     *  -  Windows without Ansicon, ConEmu or Mintty
      *  -  non tty consoles
      *
      * @return bool true if the stream supports colorization, false otherwise
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ protected function doWrite($message, $newline)
     protected function hasColorSupport()
     {
         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);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Dumper/CliDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Dumper/CliDumper.php
index 26414b55a8aba..37e4110abe6da 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Dumper/CliDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Dumper/CliDumper.php
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ protected function supportsColors()
         }
 
         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;