diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfadf2c..6843fcc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ The built-in logging formatters are:
 * `logrus.TextFormatter`. Logs the event in colors if stdout is a tty, otherwise
   without colors.
   * *Note:* to force colored output when there is no TTY, set the `ForceColors`
-    field to `true`.
+    field to `true`.  To force no colored output even if there is a TTY  set the 
+    `DisableColors` field to `true`
 * `logrus.JSONFormatter`. Logs fields as JSON.
 
 Third party logging formatters:
diff --git a/text_formatter.go b/text_formatter.go
index d71eba1..4b93690 100644
--- a/text_formatter.go
+++ b/text_formatter.go
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ func miniTS() int {
 
 type TextFormatter struct {
 	// Set to true to bypass checking for a TTY before outputting colors.
-	ForceColors bool
+	ForceColors   bool
+	DisableColors bool
 }
 
 func (f *TextFormatter) Format(entry *Entry) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func (f *TextFormatter) Format(entry *Entry) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	prefixFieldClashes(entry)
 
-	if f.ForceColors || IsTerminal() {
+	if (f.ForceColors || IsTerminal()) && !f.DisableColors {
 		levelText := strings.ToUpper(entry.Data["level"].(string))[0:4]
 
 		levelColor := blue