diff --git a/docs/envvars.html b/docs/envvars.html
index aa56cd1a9f4..653736565e6 100644
--- a/docs/envvars.html
+++ b/docs/envvars.html
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ See the <a href="xlibdriver.html">Xlib software driver page</a> for details.
    This is useful for debugging hangs, etc.</li>
 <li>INTEL_DEBUG - a comma-separated list of named flags, which do various things:
 <ul>
+   <li>color - use color in output</li>
    <li>tex - emit messages about textures.</li>
    <li>state - emit messages about state flag tracking</li>
    <li>blit - emit messages about blit operations</li>
diff --git a/src/intel/common/gen_debug.c b/src/intel/common/gen_debug.c
index f90f00d89e9..be6fcdb3bdc 100644
--- a/src/intel/common/gen_debug.c
+++ b/src/intel/common/gen_debug.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ static const struct debug_control debug_control[] = {
    { "do32",        DEBUG_DO32 },
    { "norbc",       DEBUG_NO_RBC },
    { "nohiz",       DEBUG_NO_HIZ },
+   { "color",       DEBUG_COLOR },
    { NULL,    0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/intel/common/gen_debug.h b/src/intel/common/gen_debug.h
index d007aebf69d..e745ed7be10 100644
--- a/src/intel/common/gen_debug.h
+++ b/src/intel/common/gen_debug.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ extern uint64_t INTEL_DEBUG;
 #define DEBUG_DO32                (1ull << 37)
 #define DEBUG_NO_RBC              (1ull << 38)
 #define DEBUG_NO_HIZ              (1ull << 39)
+#define DEBUG_COLOR               (1ull << 40)
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ANDROID_PLATFORM
 #define LOG_TAG "INTEL-MESA"