diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6b4df26..9a10196 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 project('evk', ['c','cpp'],
   version : '0.1',
-  default_options : ['c_std=c23', 'default_library=static'])
+  default_options : [
+    'c_std=c23',
+    'default_library=static',
+    'c_args=-fcolor-diagnostics -fansi-escape-codes',
+    'cpp_args=-fcolor-diagnostics -fansi-escape-codes',
+  ])
 
 build_config = configuration_data()