diff --git a/src/libs/utils/consoleprocess_unix.cpp b/src/libs/utils/consoleprocess_unix.cpp
index 05396dac036..1374d06f16b 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/consoleprocess_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/consoleprocess_unix.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ bool ConsoleProcess::start(const QString &program, const QString &args)
         return false;
     }
 
+    d->m_environment.unset(QLatin1String("TERM"));
     QStringList env = d->m_environment.toStringList();
     if (!env.isEmpty()) {
         d->m_tempFile = new QTemporaryFile();
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/process_stub_unix.c b/src/libs/utils/process_stub_unix.c
index b061f7f8173..4a9df676b5c 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/process_stub_unix.c
+++ b/src/libs/utils/process_stub_unix.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     if (*argv[ArgEnv]) {
         FILE *envFd;
-        char *envdata, *edp;
+        char *envdata, *edp, *termEnv;
         long size;
         int count;
         if (!(envFd = fopen(argv[ArgEnv], "r"))) {
@@ -225,11 +225,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         fclose(envFd);
         for (count = 0, edp = envdata; edp < envdata + size; ++count)
             edp += strlen(edp) + 1;
-        env = malloc((count + 1) * sizeof(char *));
+        env = malloc((count + 2) * sizeof(char *));
         for (count = 0, edp = envdata; edp < envdata + size; ++count) {
             env[count] = edp;
             edp += strlen(edp) + 1;
         }
+        if ((termEnv = getenv("TERM")))
+            env[count++] = termEnv - 5;
         env[count] = 0;
     }