diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index d4292ae..63ee78c 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -3270,6 +3270,7 @@
         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 8926a48..8968cf1 100755
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-color-test.py
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-color-test.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     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 0b383ea..b699f27 100644
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -6671,6 +6671,9 @@
   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.