diff --git a/labelme/logger.py b/labelme/logger.py
index 7fc998fe07d4db681ee5a207f5ed5b1658b9d5cf..cb0756a884315cdf56a7afc558b3cc16073090a5 100644
--- a/labelme/logger.py
+++ b/labelme/logger.py
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import datetime
 import logging
+import os
 
 import termcolor
 
+if os.name == "nt":  # Windows
+    import colorama
+
+    colorama.init()
+
 from . import __appname__
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 672482e1d257ea8d9d8981d5919dbceb8b4649ec..6e87e73749d41b1d267703ead6bffe9cc0aebcac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import distutils.spawn
+import os
 import re
-from setuptools import find_packages
-from setuptools import setup
 import shlex
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
+from setuptools import find_packages
+from setuptools import setup
+
 
 def get_version():
     filename = "labelme/__init__.py"
@@ -75,6 +77,9 @@ def get_install_requires():
             QT_BINDING = "pyqt5"
     del QT_BINDING
 
+    if os.name == "nt":  # Windows
+        install_requires.append("colorama")
+
     return install_requires