diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 68600575..9ce62d65 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2016-04-30  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+	* Improve 256 color terminal detection
+
 2016-04-19  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Fix the missing typecast for SpecialCharacter in "ui.cpp"
 
diff --git a/src/fterm.cpp b/src/fterm.cpp
index cb217d3b..85228e6a 100644
--- a/src/fterm.cpp
+++ b/src/fterm.cpp
@@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ char* FTerm::init_256colorTerminal()
     }
     color256 = true;
   }
+  else if ( strstr (termtype, "256color") )
+    color256 = true;
   else
     color256 = false;