diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/utilities/stats.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/utilities/stats.ts
index 87bb31a540c6..2275227a7d6d 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/utilities/stats.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/utilities/stats.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-import { bold, green, red, reset, white, yellow } from 'chalk';
+import * as chalk from 'chalk';
 import { stripIndents } from 'common-tags';
 
 
+// Force basic color support on terminals with no color support.
+// Chalk typings don't have the correct constructor parameters.
+const chalkCtx = new (chalk.constructor as any)(chalk.supportsColor ? {} : { level: 1 });
+const { bold, green, red, reset, white, yellow } = chalkCtx;
+
 function _formatSize(size: number): string {
   if (size <= 0) {
     return '0 bytes';