diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 01f0235..e6d6c84 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,17 @@
 //! }
 //! ```
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+extern crate kernel32;
 extern crate libc;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+extern crate winapi;
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use winapi::minwindef::DWORD;
 
 /// possible stream sources
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub enum Stream {
     Stdout,
     Stderr,
@@ -38,28 +46,34 @@ pub fn is(stream: Stream) -> bool {
 /// returns true if this is a tty
 #[cfg(windows)]
 pub fn is(stream: Stream) -> bool {
-    extern crate kernel32;
-    extern crate winapi;
-
-    unsafe {
-        let handle = kernel32::GetStdHandle(match stream {
-            Stream::Stdin => winapi::STD_INPUT_HANDLE,
-            Stream::Stderr => winapi::STD_ERROR_HANDLE,
-            Stream::Stdout => winapi::STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE,
-        });
-        match stream {
-            Stream::Stdin => {
-                let mut out = 0;
-                kernel32::GetConsoleMode(handle, &mut out) != 0
-            }
-            _ => {
-                // https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms683171(v=vs.85).aspx
-                let mut buffer_info = ::std::mem::uninitialized();
-                kernel32::GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(handle, &mut buffer_info) != 0
-            }
-        }
+    use winapi::{
+        STD_INPUT_HANDLE as STD_INPUT,
+        STD_ERROR_HANDLE as STD_ERROR,
+        STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE as STD_OUTPUT
+    };
 
+    let (fd, others) = match stream {
+        Stream::Stdin => (STD_INPUT, [STD_ERROR, STD_OUTPUT]),
+        Stream::Stderr => (STD_ERROR, [STD_INPUT, STD_OUTPUT]),
+        Stream::Stdout => (STD_OUTPUT, [STD_INPUT, STD_ERROR]),
+    };
+    if unsafe { console_on_any(&[fd]) } {
+        // False positives aren't possible. If we got a console then
+        // we definitely have a tty on stdin.
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // At this point, we *could* have a false negative. We can determine that
+    // this is true negative if we can detect the presence of a console on
+    // any of the other streams. If another stream has a console, then we know
+    // we're in a Windows console and can therefore trust the negative.
+    if unsafe { console_on_any(&others) } {
+        return false;
     }
+
+    // Otherwise, we fall back to a very strange msys hack to see if we can
+    // sneakily detect the presence of a tty.
+    unsafe { msys_tty_on(fd) }
 }
 
 /// returns true if this is _not_ a tty
@@ -67,6 +81,54 @@ pub fn isnt(stream: Stream) -> bool {
     !is(stream)
 }
 
+/// Returns true if any of the given fds are on a console.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+unsafe fn console_on_any(fds: &[DWORD]) -> bool {
+    for &fd in fds {
+        let mut out = 0;
+        let handle = kernel32::GetStdHandle(fd);
+        if kernel32::GetConsoleMode(handle, &mut out) != 0 {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    false
+}
+
+/// Returns true if there is an MSYS tty on the given handle.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+unsafe fn msys_tty_on(fd: DWORD) -> bool {
+    use std::ffi::OsString;
+    use std::mem;
+    use std::os::raw::c_void;
+    use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStringExt;
+    use std::slice;
+
+    use kernel32::GetFileInformationByHandleEx;
+    use winapi::fileapi::FILE_NAME_INFO;
+    use winapi::minwinbase::FileNameInfo;
+    use winapi::minwindef::MAX_PATH;
+
+    let size = mem::size_of::<FILE_NAME_INFO>();
+    let mut name_info_bytes = vec![0u8; size + MAX_PATH];
+    let res = GetFileInformationByHandleEx(
+        kernel32::GetStdHandle(fd),
+        FileNameInfo,
+        &mut *name_info_bytes as *mut _ as *mut c_void,
+        name_info_bytes.len() as u32);
+    if res == 0 {
+        return true;
+    }
+    let name_info: FILE_NAME_INFO =
+        *(name_info_bytes[0..size].as_ptr() as *const FILE_NAME_INFO);
+    let name_bytes =
+        &name_info_bytes[size..size + name_info.FileNameLength as usize];
+    let name_u16 = slice::from_raw_parts(
+        name_bytes.as_ptr() as *const u16, name_bytes.len() / 2);
+    let name = OsString::from_wide(name_u16)
+        .as_os_str().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+    name.contains("msys-") || name.contains("-pty")
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::{is, Stream};