diff --git a/utils/color.go b/utils/color.go
index 0a002588f..46629ef8d 100644
--- a/utils/color.go
+++ b/utils/color.go
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mgutz/ansi"
 )
 
+var _isColorEnabled = true
 var _isStdoutTerminal = false
 var checkedTerminal = false
+var checkedNoColor = false
 
 func isStdoutTerminal() bool {
 	if !checkedTerminal {
@@ -33,13 +35,21 @@ func NewColorable(f *os.File) io.Writer {
 func makeColorFunc(color string) func(string) string {
 	cf := ansi.ColorFunc(color)
 	return func(arg string) string {
-		if isStdoutTerminal() {
+		if isColorEnabled() && isStdoutTerminal() {
 			return cf(arg)
 		}
 		return arg
 	}
 }
 
+func isColorEnabled() bool {
+	if !checkedNoColor {
+		_isColorEnabled = os.Getenv("NO_COLOR") != "1"
+		checkedNoColor = true
+	}
+	return _isColorEnabled
+}
+
 // Magenta outputs ANSI color if stdout is a tty
 var Magenta = makeColorFunc("magenta")