diff --git a/include/types.h b/include/types.h
index e6ea946f9..e193d77e6 100644
--- a/include/types.h
+++ b/include/types.h
@@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ typedef enum user_options_defaults
   BRAIN_SERVER             = false,
   BRAIN_SESSION            = 0,
   #endif
+  #if !defined(_WIN)
+  COLOR                    = false,
+  #endif
   DEBUG_MODE               = 0,
   DEPRECATED_CHECK         = true,
   DYNAMIC_X                = false,
@@ -750,6 +753,9 @@ typedef enum user_options_map
   IDX_BRAIN_SESSION             = 0xff0f,
   IDX_BRAIN_SESSION_WHITELIST   = 0xff10,
   #endif
+  #if !defined(_WIN)
+  IDX_COLOR                     = 0xff56,
+  #endif
   IDX_CPU_AFFINITY              = 0xff11,
   IDX_CUSTOM_CHARSET_1          = '1',
   IDX_CUSTOM_CHARSET_2          = '2',
@@ -2340,6 +2346,9 @@ typedef struct user_options
   bool         brain_client;
   bool         brain_server;
   #endif
+  #if !defined(_WIN)
+  bool         color;
+  #endif
   bool         force;
   bool         deprecated_check;
   bool         dynamic_x;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index fffaa3ef1..d6c213093 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -352,16 +352,11 @@ static void main_cracker_hash_cracked (MAYBE_UNUSED hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx,
     if (outfile_ctx->filename == NULL) if (user_options->quiet == false) clear_prompt (hashcat_ctx);
   }
 
-  #if defined (_WIN)
+  // cyan color for cracked hashes
+  if (user_options->color == true) fputs("\033[0;36m", stdout);
   fwrite (buf, len,          1, stdout);
+  if (user_options->color == true) fwrite("\033[0m", 4, 1, stdout);
   fwrite (EOL, strlen (EOL), 1, stdout);
-  #else
-  // make cracked hash output in cyan
-  fputs("\033[36m", stdout);
-  fwrite (buf, len,          1, stdout);
-  fwrite("\033[0m", 4, 1, stdout);
-  fwrite (EOL, strlen (EOL), 1, stdout);
-  #endif
 
   if ((user_options_extra->wordlist_mode == WL_MODE_FILE) || (user_options_extra->wordlist_mode == WL_MODE_MASK))
   {
diff --git a/src/usage.c b/src/usage.c
index 7cbf22348..7864086ae 100644
--- a/src/usage.c
+++ b/src/usage.c
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ static const char *const USAGE_BIG_PRE_HASHMODES[] =
   "     --brain-session            | Hex  | Overrides automatically calculated brain session     | --brain-session=0x2ae611db",
   "     --brain-session-whitelist  | Hex  | Allow given sessions only, separated with commas     | --brain-session-whitelist=0x2ae611db",
   #endif
+  #if !defined(_WIN)
+  "     --color                    |      | Enables color output for cracked hashes              |",
+  #endif
   "",
   NULL
 };
diff --git a/src/user_options.c b/src/user_options.c
index b1ed588f4..4d5676226 100644
--- a/src/user_options.c
+++ b/src/user_options.c
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ static const struct option long_options[] =
   {"brain-session",             required_argument, NULL, IDX_BRAIN_SESSION},
   {"brain-session-whitelist",   required_argument, NULL, IDX_BRAIN_SESSION_WHITELIST},
   #endif
+  #if !defined(_WIN)
+  {"color",                     no_argument,       NULL, IDX_COLOR},
+  #endif
   {NULL,                        0,                 NULL, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -198,6 +201,9 @@ int user_options_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
   user_options->brain_session             = BRAIN_SESSION;
   user_options->brain_session_whitelist   = NULL;
   #endif
+  #if !defined(_WIN)
+  user_options->color                     = COLOR;
+  #endif
   user_options->cpu_affinity              = NULL;
   user_options->custom_charset_1          = NULL;
   user_options->custom_charset_2          = NULL;
@@ -548,6 +554,9 @@ int user_options_getopt (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, int argc, char **argv)
       case IDX_BRAIN_SESSION:             user_options->brain_session             = hc_strtoul (optarg, NULL, 16);   break;
       case IDX_BRAIN_SESSION_WHITELIST:   user_options->brain_session_whitelist   = optarg;                          break;
       #endif
+      #if !defined(_WIN)
+      case IDX_COLOR:                     user_options->color                     = true;                            break;
+      #endif
     }
   }