diff --git a/src/uucore/fs.rs b/src/uucore/fs.rs
index e0372b357..461c70940 100644
--- a/src/uucore/fs.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/fs.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // be backported to stable (<= 1.1). This will likely be dropped
 // when the path trait stabilizes.
 
+use ::libc;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind, Result};
@@ -142,3 +143,33 @@ pub fn canonicalize<P: AsRef<Path>>(original: P, can_mode: CanonicalizeMode) ->
     }
     Ok(result)
 }
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub fn is_stdin_interactive() -> bool {
+    unsafe { libc::isatty(libc::STDIN_FILENO) == 1 }
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn is_stdin_interactive() -> bool {
+    0
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub fn is_stdout_interactive() -> bool {
+    unsafe { libc::isatty(libc::STDOUT_FILENO) == 1 }
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn is_stdout_interactive() -> bool {
+    0
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub fn is_stderr_interactive() -> bool {
+    unsafe { libc::isatty(libc::STDERR_FILENO) == 1 }
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn is_stderr_interactive() -> bool {
+    0
+}