diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index f6365cee8..73fe98a2d 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -401,9 +401,15 @@ func initConfig() {
 	// Start accounting
 	accounting.Start(ctx)
 
-	// Hide console window
+	// Configure console
 	if ci.NoConsole {
+		// Hide the console window
 		terminal.HideConsole()
+	} else {
+		// Enable color support on stdout if possible.
+		// This enables virtual terminal processing on Windows 10,
+		// adding native support for ANSI/VT100 escape sequences.
+		terminal.EnableColorsStdout()
 	}
 
 	// Load filters
diff --git a/lib/terminal/terminal.go b/lib/terminal/terminal.go
index 532cf1fcc..f933de719 100644
--- a/lib/terminal/terminal.go
+++ b/lib/terminal/terminal.go
@@ -111,3 +111,14 @@ func Write(out []byte) {
 	Start()
 	_, _ = Out.Write(out)
 }
+
+// EnableColorsStdout enable colors if possible.
+// This enables virtual terminal processing on Windows 10 console,
+// adding native support for VT100 escape codes. When this terminal
+// package is used for output, the result is that the colorable library
+// don't have to decode the escapes and explicitely write text with color
+// formatting to the console using Windows API functions, but can simply
+// relay everything to stdout.
+func EnableColorsStdout() {
+	_ = colorable.EnableColorsStdout(nil)
+}