diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 9bd970f..75ffa59 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@
 ;; Fixes an issue with ECB
 ;; (setq stack-trace-on-error t)
 
+;; Diff colors
+(defun custom-diff-colors ()
+  "update the colors for diff faces"
+  (set-face-attribute
+   'diff-added nil :foreground "green")
+  (set-face-attribute
+   'diff-removed nil :foreground "red")
+  (set-face-attribute
+   'diff-changed nil :foreground "purple"))
+(eval-after-load "diff-mode" '(custom-diff-colors))
+
 ;; SLIME
 (if (file-exists-p "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el")
     (load (expand-file-name "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el")))