diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 2d82cbc..0fbd61c 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -38,16 +38,18 @@ esac
 # uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
 # off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
 # should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
-#force_color_prompt=yes
+force_color_prompt=yes
 
-if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
-    if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
-	# We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
-	# (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
-	# a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
-	color_prompt=yes
+if [ "$force_color_prompt" == "yes" ] && [ -z "$color_prompt" ]; then
+    if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setf 1 >&/dev/null; then
+	    # We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
+	    # (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
+	    # a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
+        color_prompt=yes
+    elif [ -e /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm+256color ]; then
+        color_prompt=yes
     else
-	color_prompt=
+        color_prompt=
     fi
 fi