diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2142ee1..daec654 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ rusqlite = { version = "0.26.3", default-features = false }
 ureq = { version = "2.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["native-tls", "json"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.90", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "serde_derive"] }
 native-tls = "0.2.8"
+libc = "0.2.123"
diff --git a/src/internal/commands.rs b/src/internal/commands.rs
index d9270a2..6020912 100644
--- a/src/internal/commands.rs
+++ b/src/internal/commands.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::internal::error::{AppError, AppResult};
+use crate::internal::is_tty;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::process::{Child, Command, ExitStatus, Stdio};
 
@@ -18,7 +19,13 @@ pub struct ShellCommand {
 
 impl ShellCommand {
     pub fn pacman() -> Self {
-        Self::new("pacman")
+        let pacman_cmd = Self::new("pacman");
+
+        if is_tty() {
+            pacman_cmd.arg("--color=always")
+        } else {
+            pacman_cmd
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn makepkg() -> Self {
diff --git a/src/internal/mod.rs b/src/internal/mod.rs
index fbc6619..5f8be49 100644
--- a/src/internal/mod.rs
+++ b/src/internal/mod.rs
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@ pub fn uwu_enabled() -> bool {
 pub fn uwu_debug_enabled() -> bool {
     env::var("AME_UWU_DEBUG").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".to_string()) == "true"
 }
+
+/// Checks if we're running in a tty. If we do we can assume that
+/// the output can safely be colorized.
+pub fn is_tty() -> bool {
+    (unsafe { libc::isatty(libc::STDIN_FILENO as i32) } != 0)
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4d20366..a9742b5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ mod internal;
 mod operations;
 
 fn main() {
-    extern "C" {
-        fn geteuid() -> u32;
-    }
-
-    if unsafe { geteuid() } == 0 {
+    if unsafe { libc::geteuid() } == 0 {
         crash("Running amethyst as root is disallowed as it can lead to system breakage. Instead, amethyst will prompt you when it needs superuser permissions".to_string(), AppExitCode::RunAsRoot);
     }