diff --git a/engine/client/console.c b/engine/client/console.c
index 370864a0c..62da47d71 100644
--- a/engine/client/console.c
+++ b/engine/client/console.c
@@ -694,6 +694,18 @@ void Con_PrintCon (console_t *con, char *txt)
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
+		if (c == '&' && txt[1] == 'c')
+		{
+			// ezQuake color codes
+
+			if (ishexcode(txt[2]) && ishexcode(txt[3]) && ishexcode(txt[4]))
+			{
+				// Just strip it for now
+				// TODO: Colorize the console properly
+				txt += 5;
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
 		if (c=='\t')
 			c = ' ';
 
diff --git a/engine/common/console.h b/engine/common/console.h
index cc1037a93..088baf457 100644
--- a/engine/common/console.h
+++ b/engine/common/console.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ extern conchar_t q3codemasks[MAXQ3COLOURS];
 #define		CON_TEXTSIZE	16384
 
 #define isextendedcode(x) ((x >= '0' && x <= '9') || (x >= 'A' && x <= 'F') || x == '-')
+#define ishexcode(x) ((x >= '0' && x <= '9') || (x >= 'A' && x <= 'F') || (x >= 'a' && x <= 'f'))
 
 typedef struct console_s
 {