diff --git a/src/terminal/sys/unix.rs b/src/terminal/sys/unix.rs
index ed545c5b..ed43f808 100644
--- a/src/terminal/sys/unix.rs
+++ b/src/terminal/sys/unix.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::fs::File;
 
 use std::os::unix::io::{IntoRawFd, RawFd};
 
-use std::{io, mem, process};
+use std::{env, io, mem, process};
 
 // Some(Termios) -> we're in the raw mode and this is the previous mode
 // None -> we're not in the raw mode
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ pub(crate) fn window_size() -> io::Result<WindowSize> {
     };
 
     if wrap_with_result(unsafe { ioctl(fd, TIOCGWINSZ.into(), &mut size) }).is_ok() {
+        // For some terminals (for example Emacs eshell/eterm) the
+        // ioctl with TIOCGWINSZ might falsely return 0 columns and 0
+        // rows. If this happens we try to use environment variables
+        // to determine the window size.
+        if size.ws_row == 0 && size.ws_col == 0 {
+            size.ws_row = env::var("LINES").map_or(Ok(0), |v| v.parse()).unwrap_or(0);
+            size.ws_col = env::var("COLUMNS").map_or(Ok(0), |v| v.parse()).unwrap_or(0);
+        }
         return Ok(size.into());
     }