diff --git a/src/cfg/opt.c b/src/cfg/opt.c
index 3529ded..f45613c 100644
--- a/src/cfg/opt.c
+++ b/src/cfg/opt.c
@@ -234,13 +234,14 @@ void print_help(void) {
         "    --print-ir            print resulting LLVM-IR to a file",
         "    --mode=[app|lib]      set the compilation mode to either application or library",
         "    --output=name         name of output files without extension",
-        "    --link-paths=[paths,] set a list of directories to for libraries in"
+        "    --link-paths=[paths,] set a list of directories to for libraries in",
         "Options:",
         "    --verbose        print logs with level information or higher",
         "    --debug          print debug logs (if not disabled at compile time)",
         "    --version        print the version",
-        "    --list-targets   print a list of all available targets supported"
-        "    --help           print this help dialog"
+        "    --list-targets   print a list of all available targets supported",
+        "    --help           print this help dialog",
+        "    --color-always   always colorize output"
     };
 
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(lines) / sizeof(const char *); i++) {
diff --git a/src/cfg/opt.h b/src/cfg/opt.h
index 2f01c23..c319d9f 100644
--- a/src/cfg/opt.h
+++ b/src/cfg/opt.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 typedef struct TargetLinkConfig_t {
     // name of object files to link
     GArray* object_file_names;
-} TargetLinktConfig;
+} TargetLinkConfig;
 
 typedef enum TargetCompilationMode_t {
     // output an executable binary
diff --git a/src/sys/col.c b/src/sys/col.c
index 76260ec..2e0cabb 100644
--- a/src/sys/col.c
+++ b/src/sys/col.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/col.h>
 #include <sys/log.h>
+#include <cfg/opt.h>
 
 #ifdef __unix__
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ void enable_ansi_colors() {
 
 int stdout_supports_ansi_esc() {
 
+    if (is_option_set("color-always")) {
+        return ANSI_ENABLED;
+    }
+
 #ifdef __unix__
   // check if TTY
   if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) {