diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 13d188f2f3..0750e56d5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2517,6 +2517,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "solana-install"
 version = "0.17.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "atty 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "bincode 1.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "bs58 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "bzip2 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/install/Cargo.toml b/install/Cargo.toml
index 3b0309c50e..571a081120 100644
--- a/install/Cargo.toml
+++ b/install/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ cuda = []
 
 
 [dependencies]
+atty = "0.2.11"
 bincode = "1.1.4"
 bs58 = "0.2.0"
 bzip2 = "0.3.3"
diff --git a/install/src/main-install-init.rs b/install/src/main-install-init.rs
index 53b8b1880c..bf06445730 100644
--- a/install/src/main-install-init.rs
+++ b/install/src/main-install-init.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
+use atty;
 use std::process::exit;
 
-#[cfg(windows)]
 fn press_enter() {
     // On windows, where installation happens in a console that may have opened just for this
     // purpose, give the user an opportunity to see the error before the window closes.
-    println!();
-    println!("Press the Enter key to continue.");
+    if cfg!(windows) && atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdin) {
+        println!();
+        println!("Press the Enter key to continue.");
 
-    use std::io::BufRead;
-    let stdin = std::io::stdin();
-    let stdin = stdin.lock();
-    let mut lines = stdin.lines();
-    lines.next();
+        use std::io::BufRead;
+        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
+        let stdin = stdin.lock();
+        let mut lines = stdin.lines();
+        lines.next();
+    }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
-fn press_enter() {}
-
 fn main() {
     solana_install::main_init().unwrap_or_else(|err| {
         println!("Error: {}", err);