diff --git a/src/win/tty.c b/src/win/tty.c
index 9bb7879d..2a58a6f7 100644
--- a/src/win/tty.c
+++ b/src/win/tty.c
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 
 #define MAX_INPUT_BUFFER_LENGTH 8192
 
+#ifndef ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING
+#define ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING 0x0004
+#endif
 
 static void uv_tty_capture_initial_style(CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO* info);
 static void uv_tty_update_virtual_window(CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO* info);
@@ -121,6 +124,14 @@ static char uv_tty_default_fg_bright = 0;
 static char uv_tty_default_bg_bright = 0;
 static char uv_tty_default_inverse = 0;
 
+typedef enum {
+  UV_SUPPORTED,
+  UV_UNCHECKED,
+  UV_UNSUPPORTED
+} uv_vtermstate_t;
+/* Determine whether or not ANSI support is enabled. */
+static vtermstate_t uv__vterm_state = UV_UNCHECKED;
+static void uv__determine_vterm_state(HANDLE handle);
 
 void uv_console_init() {
   InitializeCriticalSection(&uv_tty_output_lock);
@@ -163,6 +174,9 @@ int uv_tty_init(uv_loop_t* loop, uv_tty_t* tty, uv_file fd, int readable) {
     /* shared between all uv_tty_t handles. */
     EnterCriticalSection(&uv_tty_output_lock);
 
+    if (uv__vterm_state == UV_UNCHECKED)
+      uv__determine_vterm_state(handle);
+
     /* Store the global tty output handle. This handle is used by TTY read */
     /* streams to update the virtual window when a CONSOLE_BUFFER_SIZE_EVENT */
     /* is received. */
@@ -1616,6 +1630,33 @@ static int uv_tty_write_bufs(uv_tty_t* handle,
     uv_buf_t buf = bufs[i];
     unsigned int j;
 
+  if (uv__vterm_state == UV_SUPPORTED) {
+    utf16_buf_used = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
+                                         0,
+                                         buf.base,
+                                         buf.len,
+                                         NULL,
+                                         0);
+
+    if (utf16_buf_used == 0) {
+      *error = GetLastError();
+      break;
+    }
+
+    if (!MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
+                             0,
+                             buf.base,
+                             buf.len,
+                             utf16_buf,
+                             utf16_buf_used)) {
+      *error = GetLastError();
+      break;
+    }
+
+    FLUSH_TEXT();
+    continue;
+  }
+
     for (j = 0; j < buf.len; j++) {
       unsigned char c = buf.base[j];
 
@@ -2173,3 +2214,24 @@ int uv_tty_reset_mode(void) {
   /* Not necessary to do anything. */
   return 0;
 }
+
+/* Determine whether or not this version of windows supports
+ * proper ANSI color codes. Should be supported as of windows
+ * 10 version 1511, build number 10.0.10586.
+ */
+static void uv__determine_vterm_state(HANDLE handle) {
+  DWORD dwMode = 0;
+
+  if (!GetConsoleMode(handle, &dwMode)) {
+    uv__vterm_state = UV_UNSUPPORTED;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  dwMode |= ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
+  if (!SetConsoleMode(handle, dwMode)) {
+    uv__vterm_state = UV_UNSUPPORTED;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  uv__vterm_state = UV_SUPPORTED;
+}