diff --git a/jrnl/util.py b/jrnl/util.py
index 102433c7..a14e2915 100644
--- a/jrnl/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/util.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import keyring
 import pytz
 try: import simplejson as json
 except ImportError: import json
+if "win32" in sys.platform:
+    import colorama
 import re
 import tempfile
 import subprocess
@@ -141,5 +143,7 @@ def get_text_from_editor(config, template=""):
 
 def colorize(string):
     """Returns the string wrapped in cyan ANSI escape"""
+    if "win32" in sys.platform:
+        return colorama.Fore.CYAN + string + colorama.Fore.RESET
     return u"\033[36m{}\033[39m".format(string)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fafd0515..bd6455e1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def get_version(filename="jrnl/__init__.py"):
 
 conditional_dependencies = {
     "pyreadline>=2.0": "win32" in sys.platform,
+    "colorama>=0.2.5": "win32" in sys.platform,
     "argparse==1.2.1": sys.version.startswith("2.6")
 }