diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index 721e0cbd..a5d0df7b 100644
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -6858,7 +6858,7 @@ TEST(ColoredOutputTest, UsesColorsWhenStdoutIsTty) {
 TEST(ColoredOutputTest, UsesColorsWhenTermSupportsColors) {
   GTEST_FLAG(color) = "auto";
 
-#if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
+#if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MINGW
   // On Windows, we ignore the TERM variable as it's usually not set.
 
   SetEnv("TERM", "dumb");