diff --git a/docs/changelog/1471.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/1471.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8946349e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/1471.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix colouring on windows: colorama is a dep. - by :user:`1138-4EB`
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c41d76764..7263296ab 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ install_requires =
     virtualenv >= 16.0.0
     toml >=0.9.4
     filelock >= 3.0.0, <4
+    colorama >= 0.4.1 ;platform_system=="Windows"
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src