diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index 79115464ccaa5..da7daa0450ebd 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   getEnvVariablesForTask,
   getTaskSpecificEnv,
 } from './task-env';
+import * as os from 'os';
 
 export class TaskOrchestrator {
   private cache = new Cache(this.options);
@@ -401,23 +402,25 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
     streamOutput: boolean
   ) {
     try {
+      let usePtyFork =
+        process.env.NX_NATIVE_COMMAND_RUNNER !== 'false' &&
+        supportedPtyPlatform();
       // execution
-      const { code, terminalOutput } =
-        process.env.NX_NATIVE_COMMAND_RUNNER !== 'false'
-          ? await this.forkedProcessTaskRunner.forkProcess(task, {
-              temporaryOutputPath,
-              streamOutput,
-              pipeOutput,
-              taskGraph: this.taskGraph,
-              env,
-            })
-          : await this.forkedProcessTaskRunner.forkProcessLegacy(task, {
-              temporaryOutputPath,
-              streamOutput,
-              pipeOutput,
-              taskGraph: this.taskGraph,
-              env,
-            });
+      const { code, terminalOutput } = usePtyFork
+        ? await this.forkedProcessTaskRunner.forkProcess(task, {
+            temporaryOutputPath,
+            streamOutput,
+            pipeOutput,
+            taskGraph: this.taskGraph,
+            env,
+          })
+        : await this.forkedProcessTaskRunner.forkProcessLegacy(task, {
+            temporaryOutputPath,
+            streamOutput,
+            pipeOutput,
+            taskGraph: this.taskGraph,
+            env,
+          });
 
       return {
         code,
@@ -617,3 +620,25 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
 
   // endregion utils
 }
+
+function supportedPtyPlatform() {
+  if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  let windowsVersion = os.release().split('.');
+  let windowsBuild = windowsVersion[2];
+
+  if (!windowsBuild) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Mininum supported Windows version:
+  // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10,_version_1809
+  // https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/createpseudoconsole#requirements
+  if (+windowsBuild < 17763) {
+    return false;
+  } else {
+    return true;
+  }
+}