diff --git a/core/colors.py b/core/colors.py
index d4871580..b4c811d8 100644
--- a/core/colors.py
+++ b/core/colors.py
@@ -5,11 +5,18 @@
 colors = True  # Output should be colored
 machine = sys.platform  # Detecting the os of current system
 checkplatform = platform.platform() # Get current version of OS
-if machine.lower().startswith(('os', 'win', 'darwin', 'ios')):
-    colors = False  # Colors shouldn't be displayed on mac & windows
-if checkplatform.startswith("Windows-10") and int(platform.version().split(".")[2]) >= 10586:
-    colors = True
-    os.system('')   # Enables the ANSI
+
+# Check for NO_COLOR environment variable, see https://no-color.org
+if ('NO_COLOR' in os.environ) or ('--no-color' in sys.argv):
+    colors = False
+
+else :
+    if machine.lower().startswith(('os', 'win', 'darwin', 'ios')):
+        colors = False  # Colors shouldn't be displayed on mac & windows
+    if checkplatform.startswith("Windows-10") and int(platform.version().split(".")[2]) >= 10586:
+        colors = True
+        os.system('')   # Enables the ANSI
+
 if not colors:
     end = red = white = green = yellow = run = bad = good = info = que = ''
 else:
diff --git a/xsstrike.py b/xsstrike.py
index 1aab695d..ebc77e8b 100644
--- a/xsstrike.py
+++ b/xsstrike.py
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
                     choices=core.log.log_config.keys(), default=None)
 parser.add_argument('--log-file', help='Name of the file to log', dest='log_file',
                     default=core.log.log_file)
+parser.add_argument('--no-color', help='disable colored output', dest='no_color', 
+                    action='store_true')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 # Pull all parameter values of dict from argparse namespace into local variables of name == key