diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index d4292ae0..63ee78c4 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -3270,6 +3270,7 @@ bool ShouldUseColor(bool stdout_is_tty) {
         term != nullptr && (String::CStringEquals(term, "xterm") ||
                             String::CStringEquals(term, "xterm-color") ||
                             String::CStringEquals(term, "xterm-kitty") ||
+                            String::CStringEquals(term, "alacritty") ||
                             String::CStringEquals(term, "screen") ||
                             String::CStringEquals(term, "tmux") ||
                             String::CStringEquals(term, "rxvt-unicode") ||
diff --git a/googletest/test/googletest-color-test.py b/googletest/test/googletest-color-test.py
index 8926a481..8968cf1f 100755
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-color-test.py
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-color-test.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ class GTestColorTest(gtest_test_utils.TestCase):
     self.assertTrue(UsesColor('xterm', None, None))
     self.assertTrue(UsesColor('xterm-color', None, None))
     self.assertTrue(UsesColor('xterm-kitty', None, None))
+    self.assertTrue(UsesColor('alacritty', None, None))
     self.assertTrue(UsesColor('xterm-256color', None, None))
 
   def testFlagOnly(self):
diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index 0b383ea7..b699f27d 100644
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -6671,6 +6671,9 @@ TEST(ColoredOutputTest, UsesColorsWhenTermSupportsColors) {
   SetEnv("TERM", "xterm-kitty");      // TERM supports colors.
   EXPECT_TRUE(ShouldUseColor(true));  // Stdout is a TTY.
 
+  SetEnv("TERM", "alacritty");        // TERM supports colors.
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ShouldUseColor(true));  // Stdout is a TTY.
+
   SetEnv("TERM", "xterm-256color");   // TERM supports colors.
   EXPECT_TRUE(ShouldUseColor(true));  // Stdout is a TTY.