diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index 6452c64f71..36a109d68a 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
          backupGlobals="false"
          backupStaticAttributes="false"
          strict="true"
+         colors="true"
          verbose="true">
 
     <selenium>
diff --git a/phpunit.xml.nocoverage b/phpunit.xml.nocoverage
index 934cad6f77..6f1967a7e1 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.nocoverage
+++ b/phpunit.xml.nocoverage
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
          backupGlobals="false"
          backupStaticAttributes="false"
          strict="true"
+         colors="true"
          verbose="true">
 
     <selenium>