diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9dede9668..74a893632 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -322,6 +322,17 @@ if(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION)
 	message(STATUS "Inter-procedural optimization enabled")
 endif()
 
+# Make sure we have pretty colours
+option (FORCE_COLORED_OUTPUT "Always produce ANSI-colored output (GNU/Clang only)." FALSE)
+
+if ("${FORCE_COLORED_OUTPUT}")
+	if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
+		add_compile_options (-fdiagnostics-color=always)
+	elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
+		add_compile_options (-fcolor-diagnostics)
+	endif ()
+endif ()
+
 ###
 # Decend into madness.
 ###