diff --git a/src/cli.cpp b/src/cli.cpp
index 4161ebbe..598c776f 100644
--- a/src/cli.cpp
+++ b/src/cli.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ json11::Json::object cli_tool_t::parse_args(int narg, const char *args[])
         {
             const char *opt = args[i]+2;
             cfg[opt] = i == narg-1 || !strcmp(opt, "json") || !strcmp(opt, "wait-list") ||
-                !strcmp(opt, "long") || !strcmp(opt, "del") ||
+                !strcmp(opt, "long") || !strcmp(opt, "del") || !strcmp(opt, "no-color") ||
                 !strcmp(opt, "writers-stopped") && strcmp("1", args[i+1]) != 0
                 ? "1" : args[++i];
         }
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ void cli_tool_t::help()
         "  --parallel_osds M   Work with M osds in parallel when possible (default 4)\n"
         "  --progress 1|0      Report progress (default 1)\n"
         "  --cas 1|0           Use online CAS writes when possible (default auto)\n"
+        "  --no-color          Disable colored output\n"
         "  --json              JSON output\n"
         ,
         exe_name, exe_name, exe_name, exe_name, exe_name, exe_name, exe_name, exe_name, exe_name
@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ void cli_tool_t::run(json11::Json cfg)
         fprintf(stderr, "unknown command: %s\n", cmd[0].string_value().c_str());
         exit(1);
     }
+    color = !cfg["no-color"].bool_value();
     json_output = cfg["json"].bool_value();
     iodepth = cfg["iodepth"].uint64_value();
     if (!iodepth)
diff --git a/src/cli.h b/src/cli.h
index 0a458c39..ff9cc82b 100644
--- a/src/cli.h
+++ b/src/cli.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public:
     bool list_first = false;
     bool json_output = false;
     int log_level = 0;
-    int mode = 0;
+    bool color = false;
 
     ring_loop_t *ringloop = NULL;
     epoll_manager_t *epmgr = NULL;
diff --git a/src/cli_ls.cpp b/src/cli_ls.cpp
index 2fa08008..3f4528e7 100644
--- a/src/cli_ls.cpp
+++ b/src/cli_ls.cpp
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ resume_1:
             kv.second["size_fmt"] = format_size(kv.second["size"].uint64_value());
             kv.second["ro"] = kv.second["readonly"].bool_value() ? "RO" : "-";
         }
-        printf("%s", print_table(to_list(), cols, true).c_str());
+        printf("%s", print_table(to_list(), cols, parent->color).c_str());
         state = 100;
     }
 };
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ std::string print_table(json11::Json items, json11::Json header, bool use_esc)
         }
     }
     if (use_esc)
-        str += "\033[0m\n";
+        str += "\033[0m";
+    str += "\n";
     for (auto & item: items.array_items())
     {
         for (int i = 0; i < header.array_items().size(); i++)