diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 2a57f58..4e4c1f0 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -2041,6 +2041,10 @@ Tput.prototype.detectFeatures = function(info) {
 };
 
 Tput.prototype.detectUnicode = function() {
+  if (process.env.NCURSES_FORCE_UNICODE != null) {
+    return !!+process.env.NCURSES_FORCE_UNICODE;
+  }
+
   if (this.options.forceUnicode != null) {
     return this.options.forceUnicode;
   }
@@ -2168,7 +2172,7 @@ Tput.prototype.GetConsoleCP = function() {
   }
 
   // Allow unicode on all windows consoles for now:
-  if (+process.env.NCURSES_UNICODE !== 0) {
+  if (+process.env.NCURSES_NO_WINDOWS_UNICODE !== 1) {
     return 65001;
   }