diff --git a/functions/colors.zsh b/functions/colors.zsh
index 7a748ab3..f421165c 100644
--- a/functions/colors.zsh
+++ b/functions/colors.zsh
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 ################################################################
 
 function termColors() {
+  if [[ $POWERLEVEL9K_IGNORE_TERM_COLORS == true ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
   local term_colors
 
   if which tput &>/dev/null; then
diff --git a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
index 3edc5cca..c32ccd48 100755
--- a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
+++ b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
@@ -1625,6 +1625,8 @@ NEWLINE='
   [[ $POWERLEVEL9K_PROMPT_ADD_NEWLINE == true ]] && PROMPT="$NEWLINE$PROMPT"
 }
 
+set_default POWERLEVEL9K_IGNORE_TERM_COLORS false
+set_default POWERLEVEL9K_IGNORE_TERM_LANG false
 prompt_powerlevel9k_setup() {
   # The value below was set to better support 32-bit CPUs.
   # It's the maximum _signed_ integer value on 32-bit CPUs.
@@ -1647,13 +1649,15 @@ prompt_powerlevel9k_setup() {
   termColors
 
   # If the terminal `LANG` is set to `C`, this theme will not work at all.
-  local term_lang
-  term_lang=$(echo $LANG)
-  if [[ $term_lang == 'C' ]]; then
-      print -P "\t%F{red}WARNING!%f Your terminal's 'LANG' is set to 'C', which breaks this theme!"
-      print -P "\t%F{red}WARNING!%f Please set your 'LANG' to a UTF-8 language, like 'en_US.UTF-8'"
-      print -P "\t%F{red}WARNING!%f _before_ loading this theme in your \~\.zshrc. Putting"
-      print -P "\t%F{red}WARNING!%f %F{blue}export LANG=\"en_US.UTF-8\"%f at the top of your \~\/.zshrc is sufficient."
+  if [[ $POWERLEVEL9K_IGNORE_TERM_LANG == false ]]; then
+      local term_lang
+      term_lang=$(echo $LANG)
+      if [[ $term_lang == 'C' ]]; then
+          print -P "\t%F{red}WARNING!%f Your terminal's 'LANG' is set to 'C', which breaks this theme!"
+          print -P "\t%F{red}WARNING!%f Please set your 'LANG' to a UTF-8 language, like 'en_US.UTF-8'"
+          print -P "\t%F{red}WARNING!%f _before_ loading this theme in your \~\.zshrc. Putting"
+          print -P "\t%F{red}WARNING!%f %F{blue}export LANG=\"en_US.UTF-8\"%f at the top of your \~\/.zshrc is sufficient."
+      fi
   fi
 
   defined POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS || POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(context dir rbenv vcs)