diff --git a/heat-config-puppet/install.d/hook-puppet.py b/heat-config-puppet/install.d/hook-puppet.py
index 02b867a..134eb77 100755
--- a/heat-config-puppet/install.d/hook-puppet.py
+++ b/heat-config-puppet/install.d/hook-puppet.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def main(argv=sys.argv):
                    'w') as f:
         f.write(c.get('config', '').encode('utf-8'))
 
-    cmd = [PUPPET_CMD, 'apply', '--detailed-exitcodes', fn]
+    cmd = [PUPPET_CMD, 'apply', '--color', 'false', '--detailed-exitcodes', fn]
     # This is the default log destination to print out to the console and
     # captured by heat via the subprocess method below.
     cmd.insert(-1, '--logdest')
diff --git a/tests/test_hook_puppet.py b/tests/test_hook_puppet.py
index b776f46..7f772c7 100644
--- a/tests/test_hook_puppet.py
+++ b/tests/test_hook_puppet.py
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ class HookPuppetTest(common.RunScriptTest):
             [
                 self.fake_tool_path,
                 'apply',
+                '--color',
+                'false',
                 '--detailed-exitcodes',
                 '--logdest',
                 'console',
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ class HookPuppetTest(common.RunScriptTest):
             [
                 self.fake_tool_path,
                 'apply',
+                '--color',
+                'false',
                 '--detailed-exitcodes',
                 '--logdest',
                 'console',
@@ -166,6 +170,8 @@ class HookPuppetTest(common.RunScriptTest):
             [
                 self.fake_tool_path,
                 'apply',
+                '--color',
+                'false',
                 '--detailed-exitcodes',
                 '--logdest',
                 'console',
@@ -202,6 +208,8 @@ class HookPuppetTest(common.RunScriptTest):
             [
                 self.fake_tool_path,
                 'apply',
+                '--color',
+                'false',
                 '--detailed-exitcodes',
                 '--logdest',
                 'console',
@@ -258,6 +266,8 @@ class HookPuppetTest(common.RunScriptTest):
             [
                 self.fake_tool_path,
                 'apply',
+                '--color',
+                'false',
                 '--detailed-exitcodes',
                 '--logdest',
                 'console',