diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 5497dd9..3a83749 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export GCC_COLORS='error=01;31:warning=01;35:note=01;36:caret=01;32:locus=01:quo
 # Set default options
 alias ls='ls ${LS_OPTS}'
 alias grep='grep ${GREP_OPTS}'
+alias diff='diff --color=auto'
 
 # Common shortcut aliases
 alias l='ls -l'