diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 111c39c..73dce8c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 	path = lib/pyyaml
 	url = https://github.com/anishathalye/pyyaml
 	ignore = dirty
+[submodule "lib/colorama"]
+	path = lib/colorama
+	url = https://github.com/tartley/colorama.git
diff --git a/bin/dotbot b/bin/dotbot
index 78a0725..66f5d32 100755
--- a/bin/dotbot
+++ b/bin/dotbot
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
 else:
     inject('pyyaml/lib')
 
+# Support ANSI sequences under windows
+if os.name == "nt":
+    inject('colorama')
+    import colorama
+    colorama.init()
+
 if os.path.exists(os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT_DIRECTORY, 'dotbot')):
     if PROJECT_ROOT_DIRECTORY not in sys.path:
         sys.path.insert(0, PROJECT_ROOT_DIRECTORY)
diff --git a/lib/colorama b/lib/colorama
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..44dc8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/colorama
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 44dc8af9bc8111b70dd046a822bb26c851ba3687