diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/terminal/TerminalExecutionConsole.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/terminal/TerminalExecutionConsole.java
index 4e2654dccb2d..c4f762dfad24 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/terminal/TerminalExecutionConsole.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/terminal/TerminalExecutionConsole.java
@@ -295,7 +295,9 @@ public class TerminalExecutionConsole implements ConsoleView, ObservableConsoleV
   }
 
   public static boolean isAcceptable(@NotNull ProcessHandler processHandler) {
-    return processHandler instanceof OSProcessHandler && ((OSProcessHandler)processHandler).getProcess() instanceof PtyProcess;
+    return processHandler instanceof OSProcessHandler &&
+           ((OSProcessHandler)processHandler).getProcess() instanceof PtyProcess &&
+           !(processHandler instanceof ColoredProcessHandler);
   }
 
   private class ConsoleTerminalWidget extends JBTerminalWidget implements DataProvider {