diff --git a/appends/oe-core/base-files/profile b/appends/oe-core/base-files/profile
index 8587de0..ea3badc 100644
--- a/appends/oe-core/base-files/profile
+++ b/appends/oe-core/base-files/profile
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ eval `dircolors`
 alias ls='ls $LS_OPTIONS'
 alias ll='ls $LS_OPTIONS -l'
 
+alias grep='grep --color'
+
 # Turn on parallel history
 shopt -s histappend
 history -a