diff --git a/src/host.cpp b/src/host.cpp
index 4e13b0dd3..6a3f13f1c 100644
--- a/src/host.cpp
+++ b/src/host.cpp
@@ -462,10 +462,11 @@ struct init_data *common_preinit(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
 
         // warn in W10 "legacy" terminal emulators
-        if ((win_has_ancestor_process("powershell.exe") ||
+        if (getenv("TERM") == nullptr &&
+            get_windows_build() < BUILD_WINDOWS_11_OR_LATER &&
+            (win_has_ancestor_process("powershell.exe") ||
              win_has_ancestor_process("cmd.exe")) &&
-            !win_has_ancestor_process("WindowsTerminal.exe") &&
-            getenv("TERM") == nullptr) {
+            !win_has_ancestor_process("WindowsTerminal.exe")) {
                 MSG(WARNING, "Running inside PS/cmd terminal is not recommended "
                              "because scrolling the output freezes the process, "
                              "consider using Windows Terminal instead!\n");
diff --git a/src/utils/windows.c b/src/utils/windows.c
index 08c77de54..72ac53030 100644
--- a/src/utils/windows.c
+++ b/src/utils/windows.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <audioclient.h>
+#include <ntstatus.h>
 #include <objbase.h>
 #include <tlhelp32.h>
 #include <vfwmsgs.h>
@@ -239,6 +240,37 @@ win_has_ancestor_process(const char *name)
         return false;
 }
 
+unsigned long
+get_windows_build()
+{
+        RTL_OSVERSIONINFOW osVersionInfo = { .dwOSVersionInfoSize =
+                                                 sizeof(RTL_OSVERSIONINFOW) };
+
+        HMODULE hNtDll = GetModuleHandleW(L"ntdll.dll");
+        if (hNtDll == NULL) {
+                MSG(VERBOSE, "Cannot load ntdll.dll!\n");
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        typedef NTSTATUS(WINAPI * RtlGetVersionFunc)(
+            PRTL_OSVERSIONINFOW lpVersionInformation);
+        RtlGetVersionFunc pRtlGetVersion =
+            (RtlGetVersionFunc) GetProcAddress(hNtDll, "RtlGetVersion");
+        if (pRtlGetVersion == NULL) {
+                MSG(VERBOSE, "Cannot get RtlGetVersion from ntdll.dll!\n");
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        if (pRtlGetVersion(&osVersionInfo) != STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+                MSG(VERBOSE, "Cannot get Windows version nfo!\n");
+                return 0;
+        }
+        MSG(DEBUG, "Windows version: %lu.%lu (build %lu)\n",
+            osVersionInfo.dwMajorVersion, osVersionInfo.dwMinorVersion,
+            osVersionInfo.dwBuildNumber);
+        return osVersionInfo.dwBuildNumber;
+}
+
 #endif // defined _WIN32
 
 /* vim: set expandtab sw=8 tw=120: */
diff --git a/src/utils/windows.h b/src/utils/windows.h
index 41c3859c3..1d6aead8a 100644
--- a/src/utils/windows.h
+++ b/src/utils/windows.h
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #endif
 
+enum {
+        BUILD_WINDOWS_11_OR_LATER = 22000,
+};
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ const char *hresult_to_str(HRESULT res);
 const char *get_win32_error(DWORD error);
 const char *win_wstr_to_str(const wchar_t *wstr);
 bool win_has_ancestor_process(const char *name);
+unsigned long get_windows_build(void);
 #endif // defined _WIN32
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus