diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7308eda1..7b0e30ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,11 +65,14 @@
 * Support for SGR 21 (double underline).
 * Support for `XTPUSHCOLORS`, `XTPOPCOLORS` and `XTREPORTCOLORS`,
   i.e. color palette stack ([#856][856]).
+* Log output now respects the [`NO_COLOR`](http://no-color.org/)
+  environment variable ([#1771][1771]).
 
 [1707]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1707
 [1738]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1738
 [828]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/828
 [856]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/856
+[1771]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1771
 
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/log.c b/log.c
index d19adaca..ebf411ec 100644
--- a/log.c
+++ b/log.c
@@ -40,7 +40,13 @@ log_init(enum log_colorize _colorize, bool _do_syslog,
         [LOG_FACILITY_DAEMON] = LOG_DAEMON,
     };
 
-    colorize = _colorize == LOG_COLORIZE_ALWAYS || (_colorize == LOG_COLORIZE_AUTO && isatty(STDERR_FILENO));
+    /* Don't use colors if NO_COLOR is defined and not empty */
+    const char *no_color_str = getenv("NO_COLOR");
+    const bool no_color = no_color_str != NULL && no_color_str[0] != '\0';
+
+    colorize = _colorize == LOG_COLORIZE_ALWAYS
+               || (_colorize == LOG_COLORIZE_AUTO
+                   && !no_color && isatty(STDERR_FILENO));
     do_syslog = _do_syslog;
     log_level = _log_level;