diff --git a/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn b/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn
index fa6164b26e..e3a5848a77 100755
--- a/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn
+++ b/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn
@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
 MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
 export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
 
+# detect cygwin or mingw pseudo-terminal for Jansi
+# workaround for https://github.com/fusesource/jansi-native/issues/11
+if $cygwin || $mingw; then
+  if [ -t 1 ]; then
+    MAVEN_OPTS="-Djansi.passthrough=true $MAVEN_OPTS"
+  fi
+fi
+
 exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
   $MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS \