diff --git a/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml b/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
index 2b1122f..9f3613a 100644
--- a/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
+++ b/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ convenience for the application's rendering mechanism.
     scalable       FC_SCALABLE            Bool    Whether glyphs can be scaled
     scale          FC_SCALE               Double  Scale factor for point->pixel
                                                   conversions
+    color          FC_COLOR               Bool    Whether any glyphs have color
     dpi            FC_DPI                 Double  Target dots per inch
     rgba           FC_RGBA                Int     unknown, rgb, bgr, vrgb,
                                                   vbgr, none - subpixel geometry
diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
index afc917c..85cdd6d 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ typedef int		FcBool;
 #define FC_RASTERIZER	    "rasterizer"	/* String (deprecated) */
 #define FC_OUTLINE	    "outline"		/* Bool */
 #define FC_SCALABLE	    "scalable"		/* Bool */
+#define FC_COLOR	    "color"		/* Bool */
 #define FC_SCALE	    "scale"		/* double */
 #define FC_DPI		    "dpi"		/* double */
 #define FC_RGBA		    "rgba"		/* Int */
diff --git a/src/fcfreetype.c b/src/fcfreetype.c
index da66741..2575a72 100644
--- a/src/fcfreetype.c
+++ b/src/fcfreetype.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,12 @@ FcFreeTypeQueryFace (const FT_Face  face,
 			   (face->face_flags & FT_FACE_FLAG_SCALABLE) != 0))
 	goto bail1;
 
+#ifdef FT_FACE_FLAG_COLOR
+    if (!FcPatternAddBool (pat, FC_COLOR,
+			   (face->face_flags & FT_FACE_FLAG_COLOR) != 0))
+	goto bail1;
+#endif
+
 
     /*
      * Get the OS/2 table
diff --git a/src/fcmatch.c b/src/fcmatch.c
index 25081e2..46d08bc 100644
--- a/src/fcmatch.c
+++ b/src/fcmatch.c
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ typedef enum _FcMatcherPriority {
     PRI1(FILE),
     PRI1(FONTFORMAT),
     PRI1(SCALABLE),
+    PRI1(COLOR),
     PRI1(FOUNDRY),
     PRI1(CHARSET),
     PRI_FAMILY_STRONG,
diff --git a/src/fcobjs.h b/src/fcobjs.h
index bfdf4b5..573fa61 100644
--- a/src/fcobjs.h
+++ b/src/fcobjs.h
@@ -68,4 +68,5 @@ FC_OBJECT (FONT_FEATURES,	FcTypeString,	NULL)
 FC_OBJECT (PRGNAME,		FcTypeString,	NULL)
 FC_OBJECT (HASH,		FcTypeString,	NULL)	/* deprecated */
 FC_OBJECT (POSTSCRIPT_NAME,	FcTypeString,	FcComparePostScript)
+FC_OBJECT (COLOR,		FcTypeBool,	FcCompareBool)
 /* ^-------------- Add new objects here. */