diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index 7669d228..d01cbd58 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -3252,15 +3252,16 @@ bool ShouldUseColor(bool stdout_is_tty) {
 #else
     // On non-Windows platforms, we rely on the TERM variable.
     const char* const term = posix::GetEnv("TERM");
-    const bool term_supports_color = term != nullptr && (
-        String::CStringEquals(term, "xterm") ||
-        String::CStringEquals(term, "xterm-color") ||
-        String::CStringEquals(term, "screen") ||
-        String::CStringEquals(term, "tmux") ||
-        String::CStringEquals(term, "rxvt-unicode") ||
-        String::CStringEquals(term, "linux") ||
-        String::CStringEquals(term, "cygwin") ||
-        String::EndsWithCaseInsensitive(term, "-256color"));
+    const bool term_supports_color =
+        term != nullptr && (String::CStringEquals(term, "xterm") ||
+                            String::CStringEquals(term, "xterm-color") ||
+                            String::CStringEquals(term, "xterm-kitty") ||
+                            String::CStringEquals(term, "screen") ||
+                            String::CStringEquals(term, "tmux") ||
+                            String::CStringEquals(term, "rxvt-unicode") ||
+                            String::CStringEquals(term, "linux") ||
+                            String::CStringEquals(term, "cygwin") ||
+                            String::EndsWithCaseInsensitive(term, "-256color"));
     return stdout_is_tty && term_supports_color;
 #endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
   }
diff --git a/googletest/test/googletest-color-test.py b/googletest/test/googletest-color-test.py
index c22752db..f08edf70 100755
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-color-test.py
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-color-test.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class GTestColorTest(gtest_test_utils.TestCase):
     self.assert_(UsesColor('cygwin', None, None))
     self.assert_(UsesColor('xterm', None, None))
     self.assert_(UsesColor('xterm-color', None, None))
+    self.assert_(UsesColor('xterm-kitty', None, None))
     self.assert_(UsesColor('xterm-256color', None, None))
 
   def testFlagOnly(self):
diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index 329ca546..8bd21be9 100644
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -6636,6 +6636,9 @@ TEST(ColoredOutputTest, UsesColorsWhenTermSupportsColors) {
   SetEnv("TERM", "xterm-color");      // TERM supports colors.
   EXPECT_TRUE(ShouldUseColor(true));  // Stdout is a TTY.
 
+  SetEnv("TERM", "xterm-kitty");      // TERM supports colors.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ShouldUseColor(true));  // Stdout is a TTY.
+
   SetEnv("TERM", "xterm-256color");   // TERM supports colors.
   EXPECT_TRUE(ShouldUseColor(true));  // Stdout is a TTY.