diff --git a/components/lazutils/lazlogger.pas b/components/lazutils/lazlogger.pas
index 4b112f7212..5320f150cc 100644
--- a/components/lazutils/lazlogger.pas
+++ b/components/lazutils/lazlogger.pas
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ interface
 uses
   Classes, SysUtils, types, math,
   // LazUtils
-  LazLoggerBase, LazClasses, LazFileUtils, LazStringUtils, LazUTF8;
+  LazLoggerBase, LazClasses, LazFileUtils, LazStringUtils, LazUTF8, laztty;
 
 type
 
@@ -536,7 +536,13 @@ begin
     DoOpenFile;
     if FActiveLogText = nil then exit;
 
-    WriteLn(FActiveLogText^, s);
+
+    //WriteLn(FActiveLogText^, s);
+    if TTYCheckSupported and IsATTY(FActiveLogText^) then
+      WriteLn(FActiveLogText^, Colorize(s))
+    else
+      WriteLn(FActiveLogText^, s);
+
 
     if FCloseLogFileBetweenWrites then
       DoCloseFile;
diff --git a/ide/laztty.pas b/components/lazutils/laztty.pas
similarity index 80%
rename from ide/laztty.pas
rename to components/lazutils/laztty.pas
index cf95226914..441dcc1c16 100644
--- a/ide/laztty.pas
+++ b/components/lazutils/laztty.pas
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type
   TOutputColor = (oc_black,oc_red,oc_green,oc_orange,og_blue,oc_magenta,oc_cyan,oc_lightgray);
 
 procedure WriteColoredOutput(var t: Text;color: TOutputColor;const s : AnsiString);
+function Colorize(const s : AnsiString):AnsiString;
 
 implementation
 
@@ -174,29 +175,70 @@ begin
   Result:=IsATTYValue;
 end;
 
+function open_esc(color: TOutputColor):ansistring;
+begin
+   case color of
+   oc_black:
+     Result:=#27'[1m'#27'[30m';
+   oc_red:
+     Result:=#27'[1m'#27'[31m';
+   oc_green:
+     Result:=#27'[1m'#27'[32m';
+   oc_orange:
+     Result:=#27'[1m'#27'[33m';
+   og_blue:
+     Result:=#27'[1m'#27'[34m';
+   oc_magenta:
+     Result:=#27'[1m'#27'[35m';
+   oc_cyan:
+     Result:=#27'[1m'#27'[36m';
+   oc_lightgray:
+     Result:=#27'[1m'#27'[37m';
+   end;
+end;
+
+type tkeyword=record
+    t:pchar;
+    c:TOutputColor;
+ end;
+
+const terms:array[0..6] of tkeyword =
+(
+  (t:'Note:';c:oc_orange),
+  (t:'Hint:';c:oc_lightgray),
+  (t:'Warning:';c:oc_magenta),
+  (t:'Error:';c:oc_red),
+  (t:'(lazbuild)';c:oc_lightgray),
+  (t:'(lazarus)';c:oc_cyan),
+  (t:'gtk2';c:oc_green)
+);
+
+function Colorize(const s : AnsiString):AnsiString;
+var
+  i,p,ll:integer;
+  color:ToutputColor;
+  p1,p2,p3:ansistring;
+begin
+  for i:=0 to high(terms) do
+  begin
+    p:=pos(terms[i].t,s);
+    if p<=0 then continue;
+    ll:=length(terms[i].t);
+    p1:=copy(s,1,p-1);
+    p2:=copy(s,p,ll);
+    p3:=copy(s,p+ll,length(s));
+    Result:=p1+
+       open_esc(terms[i].c)+p2+#27'[0m'+
+       p3;
+    exit;
+  end;
+  Result:=s;
+end;
+
 procedure WriteColoredOutput(var t: Text;color: TOutputColor;const s : AnsiString);
 begin
    if TTYCheckSupported and IsATTY(t) then
-     begin
-       case color of
-         oc_black:
-           write(t,#27'[1m'#27'[30m');
-         oc_red:
-           write(t,#27'[1m'#27'[31m');
-         oc_green:
-           write(t,#27'[1m'#27'[32m');
-         oc_orange:
-           write(t,#27'[1m'#27'[33m');
-         og_blue:
-           write(t,#27'[1m'#27'[34m');
-         oc_magenta:
-           write(t,#27'[1m'#27'[35m');
-         oc_cyan:
-           write(t,#27'[1m'#27'[36m');
-         oc_lightgray:
-           write(t,#27'[1m'#27'[37m');
-       end;
-     end;
+       write(t,open_esc(color));
   write(t,s);
   if TTYCheckSupported and IsATTY(t) then
     write(t,#27'[0m');