diff -up konsole-4.14.3/src/Profile.cpp.xterm-256color konsole-4.14.3/src/Profile.cpp

--- konsole-4.14.3/src/Profile.cpp.xterm-256color	2014-10-31 23:17:02.000000000 -0500

+++ konsole-4.14.3/src/Profile.cpp	2014-12-23 09:16:18.242526791 -0600

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ FallbackProfile::FallbackProfile()

     setProperty(Command, qgetenv("SHELL"));

     setProperty(Arguments, QStringList() << qgetenv("SHELL"));

     setProperty(Icon, "utilities-terminal");

-    setProperty(Environment, QStringList() << "TERM=xterm");

+    setProperty(Environment, QStringList() << "TERM=xterm-256color");

     setProperty(LocalTabTitleFormat, "%d : %n");

     setProperty(RemoteTabTitleFormat, "(%u) %H");

     setProperty(ShowTerminalSizeHint, true);

diff -up konsole-4.14.3/src/Pty.cpp.xterm-256color konsole-4.14.3/src/Pty.cpp

--- konsole-4.14.3/src/Pty.cpp.xterm-256color	2014-10-31 23:17:02.000000000 -0500

+++ konsole-4.14.3/src/Pty.cpp	2014-12-23 09:16:43.828569726 -0600

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ void Pty::addEnvironmentVariables(const

     // extra safeguard to make sure $TERM is always set

     if (!isTermEnvAdded) {

-        setEnv("TERM", "xterm");

+        setEnv("TERM", "xterm-256color");

     }

 }