diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 172b2d3b7296..f10585855787 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ option(BUILD_TEST "Build C++ test binaries (need gtest and gbenchmark)" OFF)
 cmake_dependent_option(
     INSTALL_TEST "Install test binaries if BUILD_TEST is on" ON
     "BUILD_TEST" OFF)
+option(COLORIZE_OUTPUT "Colorize output during compilation" ON)
 option(USE_ASAN "Use Address Sanitizer" OFF)
 option(USE_CUDA "Use CUDA" ON)
 option(USE_ROCM "Use ROCm" ON)
@@ -322,10 +323,14 @@ if(NOT MSVC)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-constexpr-not-const")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-missing-braces")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Qunused-arguments")
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fcolor-diagnostics")
+    if (${COLORIZE_OUTPUT})
+      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fcolor-diagnostics")
+    endif()
   endif()
   if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 4.9)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fdiagnostics-color=always")
+    if (${COLORIZE_OUTPUT})
+      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fdiagnostics-color=always")
+    endif()
   endif()
   if ((APPLE AND (NOT ("${CLANG_VERSION_STRING}" VERSION_LESS "9.0")))
     OR (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX