diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6ddfe4b534..1cba33d562 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ if test "$skip_meson" = no; then
   test -n "$gdb_bin" && meson_option_add "-Dgdb=$gdb_bin"
 
   run_meson() {
-    NINJA=$ninja $meson setup "$@" "$PWD" "$source_path"
+    NINJA=$ninja CLICOLOR_FORCE=1 $meson setup "$@" "$PWD" "$source_path"
   }
   eval run_meson $meson_options
   if test "$?" -ne 0 ; then
