diff --git a/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-terminal.in b/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-terminal.in

index f67897d..4cce449 100644

--- a/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-terminal.in

+++ b/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-terminal.in

@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ terminal_xfce()

 terminal_generic()

 {

     # if $TERM is a known non-command, use hard-coded fallbacks

-    if [ x"$TERM" = x"" ] || [ x"$TERM" = x"linux" ] || [ x"$TERM" = x"vt100" ]; then

+    if [ x"$TERM" = x"" ] || [ x"$TERM" = x"linux" ] ||

+      [ x"$TERM" = x"vt100" ] || [ x"$TERM" = x"xterm-256color" ]; then

         TERM=xterm

     fi