diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 36a9d79..6b9d42b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Version 0.17.1
+- Reverted bug in 0.17.0: "Make terminal size function fallback to `STDOUT_FILENO` if `/dev/tty` is missing.".
+- Support for querying whether the current instance is a TTY.
+
 # Version 0.17
 - Impl Display for MoveToColumn, MoveToNextLine, MoveToPreviousLine
 - Make unix event reader always use `/dev/tty`.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8808fa2..0d9dad6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ see [Tested Terminals](#tested-terminals) for more info).
 - Detailed documentation
 - Few dependencies
 - Full control over writing and flushing output buffer
+- Is tty
 - Cursor 
     - Move the cursor N times (up, down, left, right)
     - Move to previous / next line
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ To optional feature flags.
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies.crossterm]
-version = "0.14"
+version = "0.17"
 features = ["event-stream"] 
 ```
 
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index c278384..4ae3323 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ The examples are compatible with the latest release.
 | :------- | :------- | :------- |
 | `examples/interactive-test` | interactive, walk trough, demo | cursor, style, event
 | `event-*`| event reading demos | (async) event reading
-| `stderr` | crossterm over stderr demo, | raw mode, alternate screen, custom output
+| `stderr` | crossterm over stderr demo | raw mode, alternate screen, custom output
+| `is_tty` | Is this instance a tty ? | tty |
 
 ## Run examples
 
diff --git a/examples/is_tty.rs b/examples/is_tty.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..108a134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/is_tty.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use crossterm::tty::IsTty;
+use std::io::stdin;
+
+pub fn main() {
+    if stdin().is_tty() {
+        println!("Is TTY");
+    } else {
+        println!("Is not TTY");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/event/sys/unix/file_descriptor.rs b/src/event/sys/unix/file_descriptor.rs
index 3e3e327..c805571 100644
--- a/src/event/sys/unix/file_descriptor.rs
+++ b/src/event/sys/unix/file_descriptor.rs
@@ -65,14 +65,18 @@ impl Drop for FileDesc {
 
 /// Creates a file descriptor pointing to the standard input or `/dev/tty`.
 pub fn tty_fd() -> Result<FileDesc> {
-    let (fd, close_on_drop) = (
-        fs::OpenOptions::new()
-            .read(true)
-            .write(true)
-            .open("/dev/tty")?
-            .into_raw_fd(),
-        true,
-    );
+    let (fd, close_on_drop) = if unsafe { libc::isatty(libc::STDIN_FILENO) == 1 } {
+        (libc::STDIN_FILENO, false)
+    } else {
+        (
+            fs::OpenOptions::new()
+                .read(true)
+                .write(true)
+                .open("/dev/tty")?
+                .into_raw_fd(),
+            true,
+        )
+    };
 
     Ok(FileDesc::new(fd, close_on_drop))
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1fb2adc..e39e279 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ pub mod style;
 /// A module to work with the terminal.
 pub mod terminal;
 
+/// A module to query if the current instance is a tty.
+pub mod tty;
+
 mod ansi;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 pub(crate) mod ansi_support;
diff --git a/src/tty.rs b/src/tty.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bfabb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tty.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//! Making it a little more convenient and safe to query whether
+//! something is a terminal teletype or not.
+//! This module defines the IsTty trait and the is_tty method to
+//! return true if the item represents a terminal.
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use std::os::windows::io::AsRawHandle;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use winapi::um::consoleapi::GetConsoleMode;
+
+/// Adds the `is_tty` method to types that might represent a terminal
+pub trait IsTty {
+    /// Returns true when an instance is a terminal teletype, otherwise false.
+    fn is_tty(&self) -> bool;
+}
+
+/// On unix, the `isatty()` function returns true if a file
+/// descriptor is a terminal.
+#[cfg(unix)]
+impl<S: AsRawFd> IsTty for S {
+    fn is_tty(&self) -> bool {
+        let fd = self.as_raw_fd();
+        unsafe { libc::isatty(fd) == 1 }
+    }
+}
+
+/// On windows, `GetConsoleMode` will return true if we are in a terminal.
+/// Otherwise false.
+#[cfg(windows)]
+impl<S: AsRawHandle> IsTty for S {
+    fn is_tty(&self) -> bool {
+        let mut mode = 0;
+        let ok = unsafe { GetConsoleMode(self.as_raw_handle() as *mut _, &mut mode) };
+        ok == 1
+    }
+}