diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e3251903f..63c060712 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ ENDIF()
 # Rationale in https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/issues/814
 if (CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja" AND
     ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.9) OR
-     (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.5)))
+     (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.5) OR
+     (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang" AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 6.0)))
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fdiagnostics-color=always")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fdiagnostics-color=always")
 endif()