diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7d8eadf..25e22ea 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// Based on https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/blob/099ad28104fe319f493dc42e0c694d468c65767d/src/cargo/lib.rs#L154-L178
 
 pub fn stdout_isatty() -> bool {
     isatty(Stream::Stdout)
@@ -13,10 +12,12 @@ enum Stream {
     Stderr,
 }
 
+
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn isatty(stream: Stream) -> bool {
     extern crate libc;
 
+
     let fd = match stream {
         Stream::Stdout => libc::STDOUT_FILENO,
         Stream::Stderr => libc::STDERR_FILENO,
@@ -26,18 +27,65 @@ fn isatty(stream: Stream) -> bool {
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
-fn isatty(stream: Stream) -> bool {
-    extern crate kernel32;
-    extern crate winapi;
+extern crate kernel32;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+extern crate winapi;
 
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn isatty(stream: Stream) -> bool {
     let handle = match stream {
         Stream::Stdout => winapi::winbase::STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE,
         Stream::Stderr => winapi::winbase::STD_ERROR_HANDLE,
     };
-
     unsafe {
         let handle = kernel32::GetStdHandle(handle);
+
+        // check for msys/cygwin
+        if is_cygwin_pty(handle) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+
         let mut out = 0;
         kernel32::GetConsoleMode(handle, &mut out) != 0
     }
 }
+
+/// Returns true if there is an MSYS/cygwin tty on the given handle.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn is_cygwin_pty(handle: winapi::HANDLE) -> bool {
+    // from https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/94#issuecomment-261761687
+
+    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;
+
+    unsafe {
+        let size = mem::size_of::<FILE_NAME_INFO>();
+        let mut name_info_bytes = vec![0u8; size + MAX_PATH];
+        let res = GetFileInformationByHandleEx(handle,
+                                               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")
+    }
+}