diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
index da1610c05c83641e4c7a20c0377bd76c74238861..13ff123a8176a8b2bf68ff83f0ba761e754f8f9c 100644
--- a/.gitconfig
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     tag-version = !git tag -f "v$(cat VERSION)"
     serve-git = !git daemon --reuseaddr --verbose  --base-path=. --export-all ./.git
     serve-http = !git update-server-info && cd .git && python -m SimpleHTTPServer
+    diff = diff --color-words
 [transfer]
     fsckobjects = true
 [fetch]