diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index b15e768..9c1034d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@
 		    "Show event group information together"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "show-total-period", &symbol_conf.show_total_period,
 		    "Show a column with the sum of periods"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK_DEFAULT(0, "stdio-color", NULL, "mode",
+			     "'always' (default), 'never' or 'auto' only applicable to --stdio mode",
+			     stdio__config_color, "always"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 	int ret = hists__init();