diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/run.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/run.sh
index e87dbe2a0b0d2b4f09b73e37192ffff53ad3a5ae..7ff002eed62473572931bf7b3b28748dad9ebdd3 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/run.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/run.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 # Test for a color capable console
 if [ -z "$USE_COLOR" ]; then
-    tput setf 7
+    tput setf 7 || tput setaf 7
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
         USE_COLOR=1
         tput sgr0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/run.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/run.sh
index 4126312ad64e6080887f6c9d756c5ea1c9f6a145..88bcb1767362dcb38b9e0c62131d89362ba2ba86 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/run.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/run.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 # Test for a color capable shell and pass the result to the subdir scripts
 USE_COLOR=0
-tput setf 7
+tput setf 7 || tput setaf 7
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     USE_COLOR=1
     tput sgr0