diff --git a/clients/cli/nmcli.c b/clients/cli/nmcli.c
index d53416498c..5fbd6d7261 100644
--- a/clients/cli/nmcli.c
+++ b/clients/cli/nmcli.c
@@ -456,6 +456,12 @@ check_colors (NmcColorOption color_option,
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
+	if (   color_option == NMC_USE_COLOR_AUTO
+	    && g_getenv ("NO_COLOR")) {
+		/* https://no-color.org/ */
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
 	term = g_getenv ("TERM");
 
 	if (color_option == NMC_USE_COLOR_AUTO) {
diff --git a/man/nmcli.xml b/man/nmcli.xml
index 203337693c..694ffc3aba 100644
--- a/man/nmcli.xml
+++ b/man/nmcli.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@
           <citerefentry><refentrytitle>terminal-colors.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
           Please refer to the <link linkend='colors' endterm='colors.title' /> section for a
           list of color names supported by <command>nmcli</command>.</para>
+          <para>If the environment variable <literal>NO_COLOR</literal> is set (to any value),
+          then coloring is disabled with mode "auto". Explicitly enabling coloring overrides
+          the environment variable.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>