diff --git a/src/cmake/common-settings.cmake b/src/cmake/common-settings.cmake
index b659a5f46c..69d52bc3ad 100644
--- a/src/cmake/common-settings.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/common-settings.cmake
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ set(COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS "/W3 /MP4")
 set(COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS "${COMMON_MSVC_FLAGS} /we4715 /we4716") #adding no return or no return for all code paths as errors
 set(ADDITIONAL_C_FLAGS " -Wconversion -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes")
 set(ADDITIONAL_C_FLAGS "${ADDITIONAL_C_FLAGS} -Wmissing-noreturn -Wpacked -Wredundant-decls -Wbad-function-cast -W -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wsign-compare -fno-exceptions -Wdeclaration-after-statement")
+set(CMAKE_COLOR_DIAGNOSTICS on)
 
 
 Set(ANTARES_VERSION_TARGET "unknown")