diff --git a/mesonbuild/msubprojects.py b/mesonbuild/msubprojects.py
index bc6a6ced1..eeeb9c6e5 100755
--- a/mesonbuild/msubprojects.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/msubprojects.py
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ def update_file(wrap, repo_dir, options):
 
 def git(cmd, workingdir):
     return subprocess.check_output(['git', '-C', workingdir] + cmd,
+                                   # Redirect stdin to DEVNULL otherwise git
+                                   # messes up the console and ANSI colors stop
+                                   # working on Windows.
+                                   stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                                    stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode()
 
 def git_show(repo_dir):