diff --git a/zsh/zshrc b/zsh/zshrc
index 2060f92..02d4891 100644
--- a/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/zsh/zshrc
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # start the x server if we're on tty0 and nothing is running
 [[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && exec startx
 
+# Bring "xterm" up to "xterm-256color", fairly well expected this should work
+[[ "$TERM" == "xterm" ]] && export TERM="xterm-256color"
+
 # make sure antigen exists
 if [[ ! -a ~/.antigen.zsh ]]; then
   wget https://git.io/antigen -O ~/.antigen.zsh