diff --git a/cmd/pomerium-cli/tcp.go b/cmd/pomerium-cli/tcp.go
index 9f4e9b59e..24612b480 100644
--- a/cmd/pomerium-cli/tcp.go
+++ b/cmd/pomerium-cli/tcp.go
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"golang.org/x/term"
 
 	"github.com/pomerium/pomerium/internal/log"
 	"github.com/pomerium/pomerium/internal/tcptunnel"
@@ -69,6 +71,10 @@ var tcpCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 		l := zerolog.New(zerolog.NewConsoleWriter(func(w *zerolog.ConsoleWriter) {
 			w.Out = os.Stderr
+			w.TimeFormat = time.RFC3339
+			if !term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdin.Fd())) {
+				w.NoColor = !term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdin.Fd()))
+			}
 		})).With().Timestamp().Logger()
 		log.SetLogger(&l)
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c8f017d5e..72eb11a58 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210628180205-a41e5a781914
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c
+	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1
 	google.golang.org/api v0.52.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210722135532-667f2b7c528f
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.39.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8535a93e5..39db5531b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1275,6 +1275,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210616094352-59db8d763f22/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c h1:F1jZWGFhYfh0Ci55sIpILtKKK8p3i2/krTr0H1rg74I=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1 h1:v+OssWQX+hTHEmOBgwxdZxK4zHq3yOs8F9J7mk0PY8E=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=