diff --git a/autoload/fugitive.vim b/autoload/fugitive.vim
index d555b68..19145fe 100644
--- a/autoload/fugitive.vim
+++ b/autoload/fugitive.vim
@@ -4360,7 +4360,7 @@ function! s:BlameCommand(line1, line2, range, count, bang, mods, reg, arg, args)
     elseif filter(copy(a:args),'v:val !~# "^\\%(--abbrev=\\d*\\|--relative-date\\|--first-parent\\|--root\\|--show-name\\|-\\%([ltfnsew]\\|[MC]\\d*\\)\\+\\)$"') != []
       call s:throw('unsupported option')
     endif
-    let cmd = ['--no-pager', 'blame', '--show-number']
+    let cmd = ['--no-pager', '-c', 'blame.coloring=none', 'blame', '--show-number']
     if a:count > 0
       let cmd += ['-L', (a:line1 ? a:line1 : line('.')) . ',' . (a:line1 ? a:line1 : line('.'))]
     endif