diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0bcb6790d6..33a007b52e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2003,6 +2003,10 @@ log.follow::
 	i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
 	on non-linear history.
 
+log.graphColors::
+	A list of colors, separated by commas, that can be used to draw
+	history lines in `git log --graph`.
+
 log.showRoot::
 	If true, the initial commit will be shown as a big creation event.
 	This is equivalent to a diff against an empty tree.
diff --git a/graph.c b/graph.c
index dd1720148d..00aeee36d8 100644
--- a/graph.c
+++ b/graph.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "graph.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "revision.h"
+#include "argv-array.h"
 
 /* Internal API */
 
@@ -62,6 +63,26 @@ enum graph_state {
 static const char **column_colors;
 static unsigned short column_colors_max;
 
+static void parse_graph_colors_config(struct argv_array *colors, const char *string)
+{
+	const char *end, *start;
+
+	start = string;
+	end = string + strlen(string);
+	while (start < end) {
+		const char *comma = strchrnul(start, ',');
+		char color[COLOR_MAXLEN];
+
+		if (!color_parse_mem(start, comma - start, color))
+			argv_array_push(colors, color);
+		else
+			warning(_("ignore invalid color '%.*s' in log.graphColors"),
+				(int)(comma - start), start);
+		start = comma + 1;
+	}
+	argv_array_push(colors, GIT_COLOR_RESET);
+}
+
 void graph_set_column_colors(const char **colors, unsigned short colors_max)
 {
 	column_colors = colors;
@@ -207,9 +228,22 @@ struct git_graph *graph_init(struct rev_info *opt)
 {
 	struct git_graph *graph = xmalloc(sizeof(struct git_graph));
 
-	if (!column_colors)
-		graph_set_column_colors(column_colors_ansi,
-					column_colors_ansi_max);
+	if (!column_colors) {
+		char *string;
+		if (git_config_get_string("log.graphcolors", &string)) {
+			/* not configured -- use default */
+			graph_set_column_colors(column_colors_ansi,
+						column_colors_ansi_max);
+		} else {
+			static struct argv_array custom_colors = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+			argv_array_clear(&custom_colors);
+			parse_graph_colors_config(&custom_colors, string);
+			free(string);
+			/* graph_set_column_colors takes a max-index, not a count */
+			graph_set_column_colors(custom_colors.argv,
+						custom_colors.argc - 1);
+		}
+	}
 
 	graph->commit = NULL;
 	graph->revs = opt;
diff --git a/t/t4202-log.sh b/t/t4202-log.sh
index e2db47c36e..0aeabed96d 100755
--- a/t/t4202-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4202-log.sh
@@ -313,6 +313,28 @@ test_expect_success 'log --graph with merge' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+cat > expect.colors <<\EOF
+*   Merge branch 'side'
+<BLUE>|<RESET><CYAN>\<RESET>
+<BLUE>|<RESET> * side-2
+<BLUE>|<RESET> * side-1
+* <CYAN>|<RESET> Second
+* <CYAN>|<RESET> sixth
+* <CYAN>|<RESET> fifth
+* <CYAN>|<RESET> fourth
+<CYAN>|<RESET><CYAN>/<RESET>
+* third
+* second
+* initial
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'log --graph with merge with log.graphColors' '
+	test_config log.graphColors ",, blue,invalid-color, cyan, red  , " &&
+	git log --color=always --graph --date-order --pretty=tformat:%s |
+		test_decode_color | sed "s/ *\$//" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect.colors actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'log --raw --graph -m with merge' '
 	git log --raw --graph --oneline -m master | head -n 500 >actual &&
 	grep "initial" actual