diff --git a/logger.go b/logger.go
index c679c787..fe2ce672 100644
--- a/logger.go
+++ b/logger.go
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 )
 
@@ -56,11 +58,15 @@ func Logger() HandlerFunc {
 // Example: os.Stdout, a file opened in write mode, a socket...
 func LoggerWithWriter(out io.Writer, notlogged ...string) HandlerFunc {
 	isTerm := true
+	cout := out
 
 	if w, ok := out.(*os.File); !ok ||
-		(os.Getenv("TERM") == "dumb" || (!isatty.IsTerminal(w.Fd()) && !isatty.IsCygwinTerminal(w.Fd()))) ||
-		disableColor {
+		disableColor ||
+		os.Getenv("TERM") == "dumb" ||
+		!isatty.IsTerminal(w.Fd()) && !isatty.IsCygwinTerminal(w.Fd()) {
 		isTerm = false
+	} else if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		cout = colorable.NewColorable(w)
 	}
 
 	var skip map[string]struct{}
@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ func LoggerWithWriter(out io.Writer, notlogged ...string) HandlerFunc {
 				path = path + "?" + raw
 			}
 
-			fmt.Fprintf(out, "[GIN] %v |%s %3d %s| %13v | %15s |%s %-7s %s %s\n%s",
+			fmt.Fprintf(cout, "[GIN] %v |%s %3d %s| %13v | %15s |%s %-7s %s %s\n%s",
 				end.Format("2006/01/02 - 15:04:05"),
 				statusColor, statusCode, resetColor,
 				latency,
diff --git a/mode.go b/mode.go
index b0d2c27d..02ad16d2 100644
--- a/mode.go
+++ b/mode.go
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ const (
 // middleware output like Logger() or Recovery().
 // Note that both Logger and Recovery provides custom ways to configure their
 // output io.Writer.
-// To support coloring in Windows use:
-// 		import "github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
-// 		gin.DefaultWriter = colorable.NewColorableStdout()
 var DefaultWriter io.Writer = os.Stdout
 var DefaultErrorWriter io.Writer = os.Stderr
 
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index bcefee10..0e642ba2 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
 			"revision": "8f2d6ace262eba462e9beb552382c98be51d807b",
 			"revisionTime": "2015-05-31T20:46:25Z"
 		},
+		{
+			"checksumSHA1": "cTDA66oZUy18cIzJsU1diKq+9CE=",
+			"path": "github.com/mattn/go-colorable",
+			"revision": "ad5389df28cdac544c99bd7b9161a0b5b6ca9d1b",
+			"revisionTime": "2017-08-16T03:18:13Z"
+		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "U6lX43KDDlNOn+Z0Yyww+ZzHfFo=",
 			"path": "github.com/mattn/go-isatty",
@@ -91,7 +97,7 @@
 			"revisionTime": "2016-10-18T08:54:36Z"
 		},
 		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "TVEkpH3gq84iQ39I4R+mlDwjuVI=",
+			"checksumSHA1": "/oZpHfYc+ZgOwYAhlvcMhmETYpw=",
 			"path": "golang.org/x/sys/unix",
 			"revision": "99f16d856c9836c42d24e7ab64ea72916925fa97",
 			"revisionTime": "2017-03-08T15:04:45Z"