diff --git a/internal/util-logging/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/Terminal.scala b/internal/util-logging/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/Terminal.scala
index d4adac080..9d9d0cc2e 100644
--- a/internal/util-logging/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/Terminal.scala
+++ b/internal/util-logging/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/Terminal.scala
@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ object Terminal {
     }
   }
   private[sbt] lazy val isAnsiSupported: Boolean = logFormatEnabled.getOrElse(useColorDefault)
-  private[this] val isDumbTerminal = "dumb" == System.getenv("TERM")
+
+  private[this] val isDumb = "dumb" == System.getenv("TERM")
+  private[this] def isDumbTerminal = isDumb || System.getProperty("jline.terminal", "") == "none"
   private[this] val hasConsole = Option(java.lang.System.console).isDefined
   private[this] def useColorDefault: Boolean = {
     // This approximates that both stdin and stdio are connected,
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ object Terminal {
     // In ci environments, don't touch the io streams unless run with -Dsbt.io.virtual=true
     if (System.getProperty("sbt.io.virtual", "") == "true" || !isCI) {
       hasProgress.set(isServer && isAnsiSupported)
-      consoleTerminalHolder.set(newConsoleTerminal())
+      if (hasConsole && !isDumbTerminal) consoleTerminalHolder.set(newConsoleTerminal())
       activeTerminal.set(consoleTerminalHolder.get)
       try withOut(withIn(f))
       finally {
@@ -744,7 +746,7 @@ object Terminal {
   private[sbt] def reset(): Unit = {
     jline.TerminalFactory.reset()
     console.close()
-    consoleTerminalHolder.set(newConsoleTerminal())
+    if (hasConsole && !isDumbTerminal) consoleTerminalHolder.set(newConsoleTerminal())
   }
 
   // translate explicit class names to type in order to support
@@ -760,7 +762,7 @@ object Terminal {
           case "jline.WindowsTerminal"                          => "windows"
           case "jline.AnsiWindowsTerminal"                      => "windows"
           case "jline.UnsupportedTerminal"                      => "none"
-          case null if isDumbTerminal                           => "none"
+          case null if isDumb                                   => "none"
           case x                                                => x
         }
     if (newValue != null) {