diff --git a/sys/Makefile.include b/sys/Makefile.include
index de8b66de52..f2238f8b4e 100644
--- a/sys/Makefile.include
+++ b/sys/Makefile.include
@@ -81,5 +81,9 @@ ifneq (,$(filter embunit,$(USEMODULE)))
         CFLAGS += -DOUTPUT=OUTPUT_TEXT
     else ifeq ($(OUTPUT),COMPILER)
         CFLAGS += -DOUTPUT=OUTPUT_COMPILER
+    else ifeq ($(OUTPUT),COLORTEXT)
+        CFLAGS += -DOUTPUT=OUTPUT_COLORTEXT
+    else ifeq ($(OUTPUT),COLOR)
+        CFLAGS += -DOUTPUT=OUTPUT_COLOR
     endif
 endif
diff --git a/sys/embunit/ColorOutputter.c b/sys/embunit/ColorOutputter.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c489e1562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/embunit/ColorOutputter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Janos Kutscherauer <noshky@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "ColorOutputter.h"
+#include "ColorTextColors.h"
+
+static void ColorOutputter_printHeader(OutputterRef self)
+{
+    (void) self;
+}
+
+static void ColorOutputter_printStartTest(OutputterRef self, TestRef test)
+{
+    (void) self;
+    (void) test;
+}
+
+static void ColorOutputter_printEndTest(OutputterRef self, TestRef test)
+{
+    (void) self;
+    (void) test;
+}
+
+static void ColorOutputter_printSuccessful(OutputterRef self, TestRef test, int runCount)
+{
+    (void) self;
+    (void) test;
+    (void) runCount;
+    printf(CGREEN "." CDEFAULT);
+}
+
+static void ColorOutputter_printFailure(OutputterRef self, TestRef test, char *msg, int line,
+        char *file, int runCount)
+{
+    (void) self;
+    (void) runCount;
+    printf("\n" CRED "FAILED %s (%s:%d) %s" CDEFAULT "\n", Test_name(test), file, line, msg);
+}
+
+void ColorOutputter_printStatistics(OutputterRef self, TestResultRef result)
+{
+    (void) self;
+    if (result->failureCount) {
+        printf("\n" BGRED SBOLD "FAILED" SDEFAULT " (%d of %d failed)", result->failureCount,
+                result->runCount);
+    }
+    else {
+        printf("\n" BGGREEN SBOLD "OK" SDEFAULT " (%d tests)", result->runCount);
+    }
+    printf(LINEFILL BGDEFAULT "\n");
+}
+
+static const OutputterImplement ColorOutputterImplement = {
+    (OutputterPrintHeaderFunction) ColorOutputter_printHeader,
+    (OutputterPrintStartTestFunction) ColorOutputter_printStartTest,
+    (OutputterPrintEndTestFunction) ColorOutputter_printEndTest,
+    (OutputterPrintSuccessfulFunction) ColorOutputter_printSuccessful,
+    (OutputterPrintFailureFunction) ColorOutputter_printFailure,
+    (OutputterPrintStatisticsFunction) ColorOutputter_printStatistics
+};
+
+static const Outputter ColorOutputter = {
+    (OutputterImplementRef) &ColorOutputterImplement
+};
+
+OutputterRef ColorOutputter_outputter(void)
+{
+    return (OutputterRef) &ColorOutputter;
+}
diff --git a/sys/embunit/ColorTextColors.h b/sys/embunit/ColorTextColors.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..335dccc0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/embunit/ColorTextColors.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Janos Kutscherauer <noshky@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ *
+ * @author Janos Kutscherauer <noshky@gmail.com>
+ */
+#ifndef __COLORTEXTCOLORS_H__
+#define __COLORTEXTCOLORS_H__
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @name Terminal color definitions
+ * C<color>:    text color
+ *
+ * CDEFAULT:    default text color
+ *
+ * BG<color>:   background color
+ *
+ * BGDEFAULT:   default background color
+ *
+ * S<style>:    text style
+ *
+ * SDEFAULT:    default text style
+ * @{
+ */
+#define CRED        "\033[31m"
+#define CGREEN      "\033[32m"
+#define CDEFAULT    "\033[39m"
+#define BGRED       "\033[41m"
+#define BGGREEN     "\033[42m"
+#define BGDEFAULT   "\033[49m"
+#define SBOLD       "\033[1m"
+#define SDEFAULT    "\033[21m"
+#define LINEFILL    "\033[K"
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif/*__COLORTEXTCOLORS_H__*/
+/** @} */
diff --git a/sys/embunit/ColorTextOutputter.c b/sys/embunit/ColorTextOutputter.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..015df28dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/embunit/ColorTextOutputter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Janos Kutscherauer <noshky@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "ColorTextOutputter.h"
+#include "ColorOutputter.h"
+#include "ColorTextColors.h"
+
+static void ColorTextOutputter_printHeader(OutputterRef self)
+{
+    (void)self;
+}
+
+static void ColorTextOutputter_printStartTest(OutputterRef self,TestRef test)
+{
+    (void)self;
+    printf("- %s\n",Test_name(test));
+}
+
+static void ColorTextOutputter_printEndTest(OutputterRef self,TestRef test)
+{
+    (void)self;
+    (void)test;
+}
+
+static void ColorTextOutputter_printSuccessful(OutputterRef self,TestRef test,int runCount)
+{
+    (void)self;
+    printf(CGREEN "%d) OK %s" CDEFAULT "\n", runCount, Test_name(test));
+}
+
+static void ColorTextOutputter_printFailure(OutputterRef self,TestRef test,char *msg,int line,char *file,int runCount)
+{
+    (void)self;
+    printf(CRED "%d) NG %s" CDEFAULT " (%s:%d) %s\n", runCount, Test_name(test), file, line, msg);
+}
+
+void ColorTextOutputter_printStatistics(OutputterRef self,TestResultRef result)
+{
+    ColorOutputter_printStatistics(self, result);
+}
+
+static const OutputterImplement ColorTextOutputterImplement = {
+    (OutputterPrintHeaderFunction)      ColorTextOutputter_printHeader,
+    (OutputterPrintStartTestFunction)   ColorTextOutputter_printStartTest,
+    (OutputterPrintEndTestFunction)     ColorTextOutputter_printEndTest,
+    (OutputterPrintSuccessfulFunction)  ColorTextOutputter_printSuccessful,
+    (OutputterPrintFailureFunction)     ColorTextOutputter_printFailure,
+    (OutputterPrintStatisticsFunction)  ColorTextOutputter_printStatistics,
+};
+
+static const Outputter ColorTextOutputter = {
+    (OutputterImplementRef)&ColorTextOutputterImplement,
+};
+
+OutputterRef ColorTextOutputter_outputter(void)
+{
+    return (OutputterRef)&ColorTextOutputter;
+}
diff --git a/sys/include/embUnit.h b/sys/include/embUnit.h
index e621082554..7ddf7c2648 100644
--- a/sys/include/embUnit.h
+++ b/sys/include/embUnit.h
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
 #include "embUnit/embUnit.h"
 
 #ifdef OUTPUT
-#   define OUTPUT_XML      (1)
-#   define OUTPUT_TEXT     (2)
-#   define OUTPUT_COMPILER (4)
+#   define OUTPUT_XML       (1)
+#   define OUTPUT_TEXT      (2)
+#   define OUTPUT_COMPILER  (4)
+#   define OUTPUT_COLORTEXT (8)
+#   define OUTPUT_COLOR     (16)
 
 #   if (OUTPUT==OUTPUT_XML)
 #       include "embUnit/XMLOutputter.h"
@@ -35,6 +37,12 @@
 #   elif (OUTPUT==OUTPUT_COMPILER)
 #       include "embUnit/CompilerOutputter.h"
 #       define OUTPUTTER   (CompilerOutputter_outputter())
+#   elif (OUTPUT==OUTPUT_COLORTEXT)
+#       include "embUnit/ColorTextOutputter.h"
+#       define OUTPUTTER   (ColorTextOutputter_outputter())
+#   elif (OUTPUT==OUTPUT_COLOR)
+#       include "embUnit/ColorOutputter.h"
+#       define OUTPUTTER   (ColorOutputter_outputter())
 #   endif
 
 #   include "embUnit/TextUIRunner.h"
diff --git a/sys/include/embUnit/ColorOutputter.h b/sys/include/embUnit/ColorOutputter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b25bdcbc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/include/embUnit/ColorOutputter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Janos Kutscherauer <noshky@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ *
+ * @author Janos Kutscherauer <noshky@gmail.com>
+ */
+#ifndef __COLOROUTPUTTER_H__
+#define __COLOROUTPUTTER_H__
+
+#include "Outputter.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief embUnit coloured output formatter
+ *
+ * @return pointer to the OutputterImplement struct for this outputter
+ */
+OutputterRef ColorOutputter_outputter(void);
+
+/**
+ * @brief coloured output formatter for test statistics
+ *
+ * @param[in] self      pointer to the used OutputterImplement
+ * @param[in] result    the test results to print
+ */
+void ColorOutputter_printStatistics(OutputterRef self, TestResultRef result);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif/*__COLOROUTPUTTER_H__*/
+/** @} */
diff --git a/sys/include/embUnit/ColorTextOutputter.h b/sys/include/embUnit/ColorTextOutputter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfa6c3b8d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/include/embUnit/ColorTextOutputter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Janos Kutscherauer <noshky@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file    ColorTextOutputter.h
+ */
+#ifndef __COLORTEXTOUTPUTTER_H__
+#define __COLORTEXTOUTPUTTER_H__
+
+#include "Outputter.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+OutputterRef ColorTextOutputter_outputter(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif/*__COLORTEXTOUTPUTTER_H__*/
+/** @} */
diff --git a/tests/unittests/README.md b/tests/unittests/README.md
index 953f3ba4f3..df896c5dc9 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/README.md
+++ b/tests/unittests/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Other output formats using [*embUnit*](http://embunit.sourceforge.net/)'s ``text
 * Compiler: ``OUTPUT="COMPILER"``
 * Text: ``OUTPUT="TEXT"``
 * XML: ``OUTPUT="XML"``
+* Color: ``OUTPUT="COLOR"`` (like default, but with red/green output)
+* Colored-Text: ``OUTPUT="COLORTEXT"`` (like ``TEXT``, but with red/green output)
 
 #### Compile example
 ```bash