diff --git a/driver/cl_options.cpp b/driver/cl_options.cpp
index 29f1e8b556..f513d63e43 100644
--- a/driver/cl_options.cpp
+++ b/driver/cl_options.cpp
@@ -406,6 +406,9 @@ cl::opt<bool, true> vgc("vgc",
     cl::desc("list all gc allocations including hidden ones"),
     cl::location(global.params.vgc));
 
+cl::opt<bool, true, FlagParser> color("color",
+    cl::desc("Force colored console output"),
+    cl::location(global.params.color));
 
 static cl::extrahelp footer("\n"
 "-d-debug can also be specified without options, in which case it enables all\n"
diff --git a/driver/ldmd.cpp b/driver/ldmd.cpp
index 02a98a5536..9f5391c30f 100644
--- a/driver/ldmd.cpp
+++ b/driver/ldmd.cpp
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ Usage:\n\
 \n\
   files.d        D source files\n\
   @cmdfile       read arguments from cmdfile\n\
-  -c             do not link\n"
+  -c             do not link\n\
+  -color[=on|off]   force colored console output on or off\n"
 #if 0
 "  -cov           do code coverage analysis\n"
 #endif
@@ -380,6 +381,16 @@ void appendEnvVar(const char* envVarName, std::vector<char*>& args)
     }
 }
 
+struct Color
+{
+    enum Type
+    {
+        automatic,
+        on,
+        off
+    };
+};
+
 struct Debug
 {
     enum Type
@@ -460,6 +471,7 @@ struct Params
     char* defaultLibName;
     char* debugLibName;
     char* moduleDepsFile;
+    Color::Type color;
 
     bool hiddenDebugB;
     bool hiddenDebugC;
@@ -519,6 +531,7 @@ struct Params
     defaultLibName(0),
     debugLibName(0),
     moduleDepsFile(0),
+    color(Color::automatic),
     hiddenDebugB(false),
     hiddenDebugC(false),
     hiddenDebugF(false),
@@ -557,6 +570,22 @@ Params parseArgs(size_t originalArgc, char** originalArgv, const std::string &ld
                 result.allowDeprecated = true;
             else if (strcmp(p + 1, "c") == 0)
                 result.compileOnly = true;
+            else if (strncmp(p + 1, "color", 5) == 0)
+            {
+                result.color = Color::on;
+                // Parse:
+                //      -color
+                //      -color=on|off
+                if (p[6] == '=')
+                {
+                    if (strcmp(p + 7, "off") == 0)
+                        result.color = Color::off;
+                    else if (strcmp(p + 7, "on") != 0)
+                        goto Lerror;
+                }
+                else if (p[6])
+                    goto Lerror;
+            }
             else if (strcmp(p + 1, "cov") == 0)
                 result.coverage = true;
             else if (strcmp(p + 1, "shared") == 0
@@ -933,6 +962,8 @@ void buildCommandLine(std::vector<const char*>& r, const Params& p)
     if (p.defaultLibName) r.push_back(concat("-defaultlib=", p.defaultLibName));
     if (p.debugLibName) r.push_back(concat("-debuglib=", p.debugLibName));
     if (p.moduleDepsFile) r.push_back(concat("-deps=", p.moduleDepsFile));
+    if (p.color == Color::on) r.push_back("-enable-color");
+    if (p.color == Color::off) r.push_back("-disable-color");
     if (p.hiddenDebugB) r.push_back("-hidden-debug-b");
     if (p.hiddenDebugC) r.push_back("-hidden-debug-c");
     if (p.hiddenDebugF) r.push_back("-hidden-debug-f");
diff --git a/driver/main.cpp b/driver/main.cpp
index ffdfec0c35..b491e30e50 100644
--- a/driver/main.cpp
+++ b/driver/main.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "module.h"
+#include "color.h"
 #include "doc.h"
 #include "id.h"
 #include "hdrgen.h"
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ static void parseCommandLine(int argc, char **argv, Strings &sourceFiles, bool &
     // Set some default values.
     global.params.useSwitchError = 1;
     global.params.useArrayBounds = 2;
+    global.params.color = isConsoleColorSupported();
 
     global.params.linkswitches = new Strings();
     global.params.libfiles = new Strings();