diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index 251b43c5..4026ecea 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[.. lib jekyll])
 require 'RedCloth'
 require 'rdiscount'
 
-require 'test/unit'
 require 'shoulda'
 require 'rr'
 
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'test/unit/ui/console/testrunner'
+class Test::Unit::UI::Console::TestRunner; def guess_color_availability; true; end; end
+
 include Jekyll
 
 # Send STDERR into the void to suppress program output messages