1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/libw32c.cc b/crawl-ref/source/libw32c.cc
index 81279dd7b3..e3dac41763 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/libw32c.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/libw32c.cc
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ static DWORD crawlColorData[16] =
 
 void writeChar(char c)
 {
+    if ( c == '\t' )
+    {
+        for ( int i = 0; i < 8; ++i )
+            writeChar(' ');
+        return;
+    }
     bool noop = true;
     PCHAR_INFO pci;