diff --git a/test/sharness/t0010-basic-commands.sh b/test/sharness/t0010-basic-commands.sh
index 01566e01c261..b10f2ddb871b 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0010-basic-commands.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0010-basic-commands.sh
@@ -80,4 +80,13 @@ test_expect_success "'ipfs commands --flags' output looks good" '
 	grep "ipfs repo gc --quiet / ipfs repo gc -q" commands.txt
 '
 
+test_expect_success "'ipfs --color' succeeds" '
+	ipfs --color >commands.txt
+'
+
+test_expect_success "'ipfs --color' is colorful" '
+	grep $"\e\[0m" commands.txt &&
+	grep $"\e\[36m" commands.txt
+'
+
 test_done