diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
                         header_filter, allow_enabling_alpha_checkers,
                         extra_arg, extra_arg_before, quiet, config):
   """Gets a command line for clang-tidy."""
-  start = [clang_tidy_binary]
+  start = [clang_tidy_binary, '--use-color']
   if allow_enabling_alpha_checkers:
     start.append('-allow-enabling-analyzer-alpha-checkers')
   if header_filter is not None: