--- /usr/src/bin/ls/ls.c	2018-06-22 00:04:07.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/src/bin/ls/ls.c	2018-07-28 10:29:25.784946000 +0100
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ 
 		f_listdot = 1;
 
 	/* Enabling of colours is conditional on the environment. */
-	if (getenv("CLICOLOR") &&
+	if ((getenv("CLICOLOR") || getenv("COLORTERM")) &&
 	    (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO) || getenv("CLICOLOR_FORCE")))
 #ifdef COLORLS
 		if (tgetent(termcapbuf, getenv("TERM")) == 1) {