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diff --git a/host/lib/include/uhdlib/utils/isatty.hpp b/host/lib/include/uhdlib/utils/isatty.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ae2c8de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/lib/include/uhdlib/utils/isatty.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2019 Ettus Research, a National Instruments Brand
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+//
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_UHDLIB_UTILS_ISATTY_HPP
+#define INCLUDED_UHDLIB_UTILS_ISATTY_HPP
+
+#include <uhd/config.hpp>
+
+namespace uhd {
+
+#ifdef UHD_PLATFORM_WIN32
+
+#   include <io.h>
+
+    /*! Portable version of isatty()
+     *
+     * We call it is_a_tty() to distinguish from the from the POSIX version.
+     * Also, we simply return a Boolean since the Windows version doesn't set
+     * errno.
+     */
+    bool is_a_tty(const int fd)
+    {
+        return _isatty(fd);
+    }
+
+#elif _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= _200112L
+
+#    include <unistd.h>
+
+    /*! Portable version of isatty()
+     *
+     * We call it is_a_tty() to distinguish from the from the POSIX version.
+     * Also, we simply return a Boolean since the Windows version doesn't set
+     * errno.
+     */
+    bool is_a_tty(const int fd)
+    {
+        return isatty(fd);
+    }
+
+#else
+
+    bool is_a_tty(const int fd)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+#endif
+
+} /* namespace uhd */
+
+#endif /* INCLUDED_UHDLIB_UTILS_ISATTY_HPP */
diff --git a/host/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/host/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index a7d2120aa..769c09796 100644
--- a/host/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ set(test_sources
     fp_compare_delta_test.cpp
     fp_compare_epsilon_test.cpp
     gain_group_test.cpp
+    isatty_test.cpp
     log_test.cpp
     math_test.cpp
     narrow_cast_test.cpp
diff --git a/host/tests/isatty_test.cpp b/host/tests/isatty_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfeebfd25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/tests/isatty_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2019 Ettus Research, a National Instruments Brand
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+//
+
+#include <uhdlib/utils/isatty.hpp>
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_isatty)
+{
+    // We can't really pass or fail based on the result, because it depends on
+    // how the tests are executed. We'll just run it and see it doesn't crash.
+    if (uhd::is_a_tty(2)) {
+        std::cout << "stderr is a TTY" << std::endl;
+    } else {
+        std::cout << "stderr is not a TTY" << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    FILE* tmp_file = std::tmpfile();
+#ifdef UHD_PLATFORM_WIN32
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(!uhd::is_a_tty(_fileno(tmp_file)));
+#elif _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= _200112L
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(!uhd::is_a_tty(fileno(tmp_file)));
+#else
+    // I got 99 problems but dealing with portability ain't one
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(!uhd::is_a_tty(99));
+#endif
+}
+