diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/fmt_subscriber.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/fmt_subscriber.rs
index 9887b711ff..bae2a2d795 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/fmt_subscriber.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/fmt_subscriber.rs
@@ -284,6 +284,14 @@ impl<C, N, E, W> Subscriber<C, N, E, W> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Disable ANSI terminal colors. Available even without the `ansi` crate feature.
+    pub fn disable_ansi(self) -> Self {
+        Subscriber {
+            is_ansi: false,
+            ..self
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Sets whether to write errors from [`FormatEvent`] to the writer.
     /// Defaults to true.
     ///
diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/mod.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/mod.rs
index ba5066d2ec..d47d611030 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/mod.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/mod.rs
@@ -620,6 +620,14 @@ where
         }
     }
 
+    /// Disable ANSI terminal colors. Available even without the `ansi` crate feature.
+    pub fn disable_ansi(self) -> CollectorBuilder<N, format::Format<L, T>, F, W> {
+        CollectorBuilder {
+            inner: self.inner.disable_ansi(),
+            ..self
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Sets whether to write errors from [`FormatEvent`] to the writer.
     /// Defaults to true.
     ///