diff --git a/logs.cc b/logs.cc
index 96ef5e6..32b5f3e 100644
--- a/logs.cc
+++ b/logs.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ static void setDupLogFdOr(int fd, int orfd) {
 		_log_fd = orfd;
 	}
 	_log_fd_isatty = (isatty(_log_fd) == 1);
+	if (getenv("NO_COLOR")) {
+		_log_fd_isatty = false;
+	}
 	errno = saved_errno;
 }