diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/Makefile.inc b/docs/cmdline-opts/Makefile.inc
index 778149ca3..fb56d2552 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/Makefile.inc
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/Makefile.inc
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ DPAGES = abstract-unix-socket.d anyauth.d append.d basic.d cacert.d capath.d cer
   tlsauthtype.d tlspassword.d tlsuser.d tlsv1.0.d tlsv1.1.d tlsv1.2.d   \
   tlsv1.3.d tlsv1.d trace-ascii.d trace.d trace-time.d tr-encoding.d    \
   unix-socket.d upload-file.d url.d use-ascii.d user-agent.d user.d     \
-  verbose.d version.d write-out.d xattr.d request-target.d
+  verbose.d version.d write-out.d xattr.d request-target.d              \
+  styled-output.d
 
 OTHERPAGES = page-footer page-header
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/styled-output.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/styled-output.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4751aecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/styled-output.d
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Long: styled-output
+Help: Enable styled output for HTTP headers
+Added: 7.61.0
+---
+Enables the automatic use of bold font styles when writing HTTP headers to the
+terminal. Use --no-styled-output to switch them off.
diff --git a/src/tool_cb_hdr.c b/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
index 4e9e49a6d..88ce5e13b 100644
--- a/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
+++ b/src/tool_cb_hdr.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ size_t tool_header_cb(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata)
     if(!outs->stream && !tool_create_output_file(outs, FALSE))
       return failure;
 
-    if(hdrcbdata->global->isatty)
+    if(hdrcbdata->global->isatty && hdrcbdata->global->styled_output)
       value = memchr(ptr, ':', cb);
     if(value) {
       size_t namelen = value - ptr;
diff --git a/src/tool_cfgable.h b/src/tool_cfgable.h
index 3bd908879..9d995f85e 100644
--- a/src/tool_cfgable.h
+++ b/src/tool_cfgable.h
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ struct GlobalConfig {
   int progressmode;               /* CURL_PROGRESS_BAR / CURL_PROGRESS_STATS */
   char *libcurl;                  /* Output libcurl code to this file name */
   bool fail_early;                /* exit on first transfer error */
+  bool styled_output;             /* enable fancy output style detection */
   struct OperationConfig *first;
   struct OperationConfig *current;
   struct OperationConfig *last;   /* Always last in the struct */
diff --git a/src/tool_getparam.c b/src/tool_getparam.c
index 60a88e266..4b9ae0653 100644
--- a/src/tool_getparam.c
+++ b/src/tool_getparam.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ static const struct LongShort aliases[]= {
   {"EB", "socks5-gssapi",            ARG_BOOL},
   {"f",  "fail",                     ARG_BOOL},
   {"fa", "fail-early",               ARG_BOOL},
+  {"fb", "styled-output",            ARG_BOOL},
   {"F",  "form",                     ARG_STRING},
   {"Fs", "form-string",              ARG_STRING},
   {"g",  "globoff",                  ARG_BOOL},
@@ -1643,8 +1644,10 @@ ParameterError getparameter(const char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
       case 'a': /* --fail-early */
         global->fail_early = toggle;
         break;
-      default:
-        /* fail hard on errors  */
+      case 'b': /* --styled-output */
+        global->styled_output = toggle;
+        break;
+      default: /* --fail (hard on errors)  */
         config->failonerror = toggle;
       }
       break;
diff --git a/src/tool_help.c b/src/tool_help.c
index 71862511f..7c4dda3b0 100644
--- a/src/tool_help.c
+++ b/src/tool_help.c
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ static const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Use SSLv3"},
   {"    --stderr",
    "Where to redirect stderr"},
+  {"    --styled-output",
+   "Enable styled output for HTTP headers"},
   {"    --suppress-connect-headers",
    "Suppress proxy CONNECT response headers"},
   {"    --tcp-fastopen",
diff --git a/src/tool_main.c b/src/tool_main.c
index 4e78d3321..b9f7eae2c 100644
--- a/src/tool_main.c
+++ b/src/tool_main.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2018, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static CURLcode main_init(struct GlobalConfig *config)
   /* Initialise the global config */
   config->showerror = -1;             /* Will show errors */
   config->errors = stderr;            /* Default errors to stderr */
+  config->styled_output = TRUE;       /* enable detection */
 
   /* Allocate the initial operate config */
   config->first = config->last = malloc(sizeof(struct OperationConfig));