diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/colors.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/colors.rs
index f05739431..f8cbc9ebf 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/colors.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/colors.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 /// restrict following config to systems with matching environment variables.
 pub static TERMS: &[&str] = &[
     "Eterm",
+    "alacritty*",
     "ansi",
     "*color*",
     "con[0-9]*x[0-9]*",