diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
index 251cbdceb..c9096ee01 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ pub fn init(core_app: *CoreApp, opts: Options) !App {
 
     var gdk_disable: struct {
         @"gles-api": bool = false,
-        /// current gtk implementation for color management is not good enough. 
-        /// see: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495647
-        @"color-mgmt": bool = true,
+        @"color-mgmt": bool,
         /// Disabling Vulkan can improve startup times by hundreds of
         /// milliseconds on some systems. We don't use Vulkan so we can just
         /// disable it.
         vulkan: bool = false,
-    } = .{};
+    } = .{
+        .@"color-mgmt" = config.@"disable-gtk-color-mgmt",
+    };
 
     environment: {
         if (version.runtimeAtLeast(4, 16, 0)) {
diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index 3010b87d1..52a1f2885 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -1350,6 +1350,10 @@ keybind: Keybinds = .{},
 /// Specified as either hex (`#RRGGBB` or `RRGGBB`) or a named X11 color.
 @"window-titlebar-foreground": ?Color = null,
 
+/// current gtk implementation for color management is not good enough.
+/// see: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495647
+@"disable-gtk-color-mgmt": bool = false,
+
 /// This controls when resize overlays are shown. Resize overlays are a
 /// transient popup that shows the size of the terminal while the surfaces are
 /// being resized. The possible options are: