diff --git a/lib/theme-and-appearance.zsh b/lib/theme-and-appearance.zsh
index 2677615c0..840d3867c 100644
--- a/lib/theme-and-appearance.zsh
+++ b/lib/theme-and-appearance.zsh
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ export LSCOLORS="Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad"
 # Enable ls colors
 if [ "$DISABLE_LS_COLORS" != "true" ]
 then
+
   # Find the option for using colors in ls, depending on the version: Linux or BSD
-  if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "NetBSD" ]]; then
+  if [[ $(uname -s) =~ ".*win$" ]]; then
     # On NetBSD, test if "gls" (GNU ls) is installed (this one supports colors); 
     # otherwise, leave ls as is, because NetBSD's ls doesn't support -G
-    gls --color -d . &>/dev/null 2>&1 && alias ls='gls --color=tty'
+    gls --color -d . &>/dev/null 2>&1 && alias ls='gls --color=tty' || colorls -G . &>/dev/null 2>&1 && alias ls='colorls -G'
   else
     ls --color -d . &>/dev/null 2>&1 && alias ls='ls --color=tty' || alias ls='ls -G'
   fi