diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/display-stdout-column-width.yml b/changelogs/fragments/display-stdout-column-width.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da0febc2230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/display-stdout-column-width.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Ansible output now uses stdout to determine column width instead of stdin
diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/display.py b/lib/ansible/utils/display.py
index 3943522af8a..0eba8aa37ce 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/display.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/display.py
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ class Display(with_metaclass(Singleton, object)):
         return encoding
 
     def _set_column_width(self):
-        if os.isatty(0):
-            tty_size = unpack('HHHH', fcntl.ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, pack('HHHH', 0, 0, 0, 0)))[1]
+        if os.isatty(1):
+            tty_size = unpack('HHHH', fcntl.ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, pack('HHHH', 0, 0, 0, 0)))[1]
         else:
             tty_size = 0
         self.columns = max(79, tty_size - 1)