diff --git a/gooey/gui/application.py b/gooey/gui/application.py
index 35d4b41..b486720 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/application.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/application.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Main runner entry point for Gooey.
 '''
 
 import wx
+import wx.richtext  # Need to be imported before the wx.App object is created.
 import wx.lib.inspection
 from gooey.gui.lang import i18n
 
diff --git a/gooey/gui/components/console.py b/gooey/gui/components/console.py
index d0a3d31..fdf4655 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/components/console.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/components/console.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import wx
 
 from gooey.gui.lang import i18n
+from .widgets.basictextconsole import BasicTextConsole
 
 
 class Console(wx.Panel):
@@ -13,9 +14,11 @@ class Console(wx.Panel):
         self.buildSpec = buildSpec
 
         self.text = wx.StaticText(self, label=i18n._("status"))
-        self.textbox = wx.TextCtrl(
-            self, -1, "", style=wx.TE_MULTILINE | wx.TE_READONLY | wx.TE_RICH
-        )
+        if buildSpec["richtext_controls"]:
+            from .widgets.richtextconsole import RichTextConsole
+            self.textbox = RichTextConsole(self)
+        else:
+            self.textbox = BasicTextConsole(self)
 
         self.defaultFont = self.textbox.GetFont()
 
diff --git a/gooey/gui/components/widgets/basictextconsole.py b/gooey/gui/components/widgets/basictextconsole.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2841f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gooey/gui/components/widgets/basictextconsole.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import wx
+
+class BasicTextConsole(wx.TextCtrl):
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+        super().__init__(parent, -1, "", style=wx.TE_MULTILINE | wx.TE_READONLY | wx.TE_RICH)
diff --git a/gooey/gui/components/widgets/richtextconsole.py b/gooey/gui/components/widgets/richtextconsole.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52ae92e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gooey/gui/components/widgets/richtextconsole.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import wx
+import wx.richtext
+import colored
+
+kColorList = ["#000000", "#800000", "#008000", "#808000", "#000080", "#800080", "#008080", "#c0c0c0",
+    "#808080", "#ff0000", "#00ff00", "#ffff00", "#0000ff", "#ff00ff", "#00ffff", "#ffffff", "#000000",
+    "#00005f", "#000087", "#0000af", "#0000d7", "#0000ff", "#005f00", "#005f5f", "#005f87", "#005faf",
+    "#005fd7", "#005fff", "#008700", "#00875f", "#008787", "#0087af", "#0087d7", "#0087ff", "#00af00",
+    "#00af5f", "#00af87", "#00afaf", "#00afd7", "#00afff", "#00d700", "#00d75f", "#00d787", "#00d7af",
+    "#00d7d7", "#00d7ff", "#00ff00", "#00ff5f", "#00ff87", "#00ffaf", "#00ffd7", "#00ffff", "#5f0000",
+    "#5f005f", "#5f0087", "#5f00af", "#5f00d7", "#5f00ff", "#5f5f00", "#5f5f5f", "#5f5f87", "#5f5faf",
+    "#5f5fd7", "#5f5fff", "#5f8700", "#5f875f", "#5f8787", "#5f87af", "#5f87d7", "#5f87ff", "#5faf00",
+    "#5faf5f", "#5faf87", "#5fafaf", "#5fafd7", "#5fafff", "#5fd700", "#5fd75f", "#5fd787", "#5fd7af",
+    "#5fd7d7", "#5fd7ff", "#5fff00", "#5fff5f", "#5fff87", "#5fffaf", "#5fffd7", "#5fffff", "#870000",
+    "#87005f", "#870087", "#8700af", "#8700d7", "#8700ff", "#875f00", "#875f5f", "#875f87", "#875faf",
+    "#875fd7", "#875fff", "#878700", "#87875f", "#878787", "#8787af", "#8787d7", "#8787ff", "#87af00",
+    "#87af5f", "#87af87", "#87afaf", "#87afd7", "#87afff", "#87d700", "#87d75f", "#87d787", "#87d7af",
+    "#87d7d7", "#87d7ff", "#87ff00", "#87ff5f", "#87ff87", "#87ffaf", "#87ffd7", "#87ffff", "#af0000",
+    "#af005f", "#af0087", "#af00af", "#af00d7", "#af00ff", "#af5f00", "#af5f5f", "#af5f87", "#af5faf",
+    "#af5fd7", "#af5fff", "#af8700", "#af875f", "#af8787", "#af87af", "#af87d7", "#af87ff", "#afaf00",
+    "#afaf5f", "#afaf87", "#afafaf", "#afafd7", "#afafff", "#afd700", "#afd75f", "#afd787", "#afd7af",
+    "#afd7d7", "#afd7ff", "#afff00", "#afff5f", "#afff87", "#afffaf", "#afffd7", "#afffff", "#d70000",
+    "#d7005f", "#d70087", "#d700af", "#d700d7", "#d700ff", "#d75f00", "#d75f5f", "#d75f87", "#d75faf",
+    "#d75fd7", "#d75fff", "#d78700", "#d7875f", "#d78787", "#d787af", "#d787d7", "#d787ff", "#d7af00",
+    "#d7af5f", "#d7af87", "#d7afaf", "#d7afd7", "#d7afff", "#d7d700", "#d7d75f", "#d7d787", "#d7d7af",
+    "#d7d7d7", "#d7d7ff", "#d7ff00", "#d7ff5f", "#d7ff87", "#d7ffaf", "#d7ffd7", "#d7ffff", "#ff0000",
+    "#ff005f", "#ff0087", "#ff00af", "#ff00d7", "#ff00ff", "#ff5f00", "#ff5f5f", "#ff5f87", "#ff5faf",
+    "#ff5fd7", "#ff5fff", "#ff8700", "#ff875f", "#ff8787", "#ff87af", "#ff87d7", "#ff87ff", "#ffaf00",
+    "#ffaf5f", "#ffaf87", "#ffafaf", "#ffafd7", "#ffafff", "#ffd700", "#ffd75f", "#ffd787", "#ffd7af",
+    "#ffd7d7", "#ffd7ff", "#ffff00", "#ffff5f", "#ffff87", "#ffffaf", "#ffffd7", "#ffffff", "#080808",
+    "#121212", "#1c1c1c", "#262626", "#303030", "#3a3a3a", "#444444", "#4e4e4e", "#585858", "#626262",
+    "#6c6c6c", "#767676", "#808080", "#8a8a8a", "#949494", "#9e9e9e", "#a8a8a8", "#b2b2b2", "#bcbcbc",
+    "#c6c6c6", "#d0d0d0", "#dadada", "#e4e4e4", "#eeeeee"]
+
+class RichTextConsole(wx.richtext.RichTextCtrl):
+    """
+        An advanced rich test console pannel supporting some Xterm control codes.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+        super().__init__(parent, -1, "", style=wx.TE_MULTILINE | wx.TE_READONLY)
+        self.esc = colored.style.ESC
+        self.end = colored.style.END
+        self.noop = lambda *args, **kwargs: None
+
+        self.actionsMap = dict()
+
+        # Supported font altering actions
+        self.actionsMap[colored.style.BOLD] = self.BeginBold
+        self.actionsMap[colored.style.RES_BOLD] = self.EndBold
+        self.actionsMap[colored.style.UNDERLINED] = self.BeginUnderline
+        self.actionsMap[colored.style.RES_UNDERLINED] = self.EndUnderline
+        self.actionsMap[colored.style.RESET] = self.EndAllStyles
+
+        # Actions for coloring text
+        for index, hex in enumerate(kColorList):
+            escSeq = '{}{}{}'.format(colored.fore.ESC, index, colored.fore.END)
+            wxcolor = wx.Colour(int(hex[1:3],16), int(hex[3:5],16), int(hex[5:],16), alpha=wx.ALPHA_OPAQUE)
+            # NB : we use a default parameter to force the evaluation of the binding
+            self.actionsMap[escSeq] = lambda bindedColor=wxcolor: self.BeginTextColour(bindedColor)
+
+    def AppendText(self, content):
+        """
+        wx method overriden to capture the terminal control character and translate them into wx styles.
+        Complexity : o(len(content))
+        """
+        unprocIndex = 0
+        while True:
+            # Invariant : unprocIndex is the starting index of the unprocessed part of the buffer
+            escPos = content.find(self.esc, unprocIndex)
+            if escPos == -1:
+                break
+            # Invariant : found an escape sequence starting at escPos
+            # NB : we flush all the characters before the escape sequence, if any
+            if content[unprocIndex:escPos]:
+                self.WriteText(content[unprocIndex:escPos])
+            endEsc = content.find(self.end, escPos)
+            if endEsc == -1:
+                unprocIndex = escPos + len(self.esc)
+                continue
+            # Invariant : end of sequence has been found
+            self.actionsMap.get(content[escPos:endEsc+1], self.noop)()
+            unprocIndex = endEsc + 1
+        # Invariant : unprocessed end of buffer is escape-free, ready to be printed
+        self.WriteText(content[unprocIndex:])
diff --git a/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py b/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py
index 28e3b42..bdecfa5 100644
--- a/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py
+++ b/gooey/python_bindings/config_generator.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def create_from_parser(parser, source_path, **kwargs):
       'terminal_font_family': kwargs.get('terminal_font_family', None),
       'terminal_font_weight': kwargs.get('terminal_font_weight', None),
       'terminal_font_size':   kwargs.get('terminal_font_size', None),
+      'richtext_controls':    kwargs.get('richtext_controls', False),
       'error_color':          kwargs.get('error_color', '#ea7878')
   }
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 62674fb..f50e308 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ RXPY>=0.1.0
 wxpython>=4.0.0b1
 Pillow>=4.3.0
 psutil>=5.4.2
+colored>=1.3.93
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 54f2bd6..0ce8cd2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ version = '1.0.2'
 
 deps = [
     'Pillow>=4.3.0',
-    'psutil>=5.4.2'
+    'psutil>=5.4.2',
+    'colored>=1.3.93'
 ]
 
 if sys.version[0] == '3':