diff --git a/terminal_appengine.go b/terminal_appengine.go
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+// Based on ssh/terminal:
+// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build appengine
+
+package logrus
+
+func initTerminal(w io.Writer) {
+}