diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 2b294084..6c54ef70 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Features:
 
 * Add an option `--init-command` to execute SQL after connecting (Thanks: [KITAGAWA Yasutaka]).
 * Use InputMode.REPLACE_SINGLE
+* Add support for ANSI escape sequences for coloring the prompt.
 * Allow customization of Pygments SQL syntax-highlighting styles.
 * Add a `\clip` special command to copy queries to the system clipboard.
 * Add a special command `\pipe_once` to pipe output to a subprocess.
diff --git a/mycli/main.py b/mycli/main.py
index da91c5c6..2c54db82 100755
--- a/mycli/main.py
+++ b/mycli/main.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from prompt_toolkit.shortcuts import PromptSession, CompleteStyle
 from prompt_toolkit.document import Document
 from prompt_toolkit.filters import HasFocus, IsDone
+from prompt_toolkit.formatted_text import ANSI
 from prompt_toolkit.layout.processors import (HighlightMatchingBracketProcessor,
                                               ConditionalProcessor)
 from prompt_toolkit.lexers import PygmentsLexer
@@ -566,7 +567,8 @@ def get_message():
             prompt = self.get_prompt(self.prompt_format)
             if self.prompt_format == self.default_prompt and len(prompt) > self.max_len_prompt:
                 prompt = self.get_prompt('\\d> ')
-            return [('class:prompt', prompt)]
+            prompt = prompt.replace("\\x1b", "\x1b")
+            return ANSI(prompt)
 
         def get_continuation(width, *_):
             if self.multiline_continuation_char == '':
diff --git a/mycli/myclirc b/mycli/myclirc
index 8e861ce4..0bde2007 100644
--- a/mycli/myclirc
+++ b/mycli/myclirc
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ wider_completion_menu = False
 # \t - Product type (Percona, MySQL, MariaDB)
 # \A - DSN alias name (from the [alias_dsn] section)
 # \u - Username
+# \x1b[...m - insert ANSI escape sequence
 prompt = '\t \u@\h:\d> '
 prompt_continuation = '->'