diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 33fa5a528..eee310039 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2021-01-13  Dominik Röttsches  <drott@chromium.org>
+
+	Add config option to test for 'COLR' v1 support in headers.
+
+	* include/freetype/config/ftoption.h (TT_SUPPORT_COLRV1): New macro
+	so that clients can test whether the FreeType checkout that they are
+	building against supports the 'COLR' v1 API.  This is intended to be
+	a temporary solution until 'COLR' v1 support is released in a
+	FreeType version and such a check can be made by using the version
+	number instead.
+
 2020-12-16  Dominik Röttsches  <drott@chromium.org>
 
 	[base] Fill 'COLR' v1 API templates to make them work (#59703).
diff --git a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
index 147fe6da2..d013a6243 100644
--- a/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
+++ b/include/freetype/config/ftoption.h
@@ -978,6 +978,21 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
 #endif
 
 
+  /*
+   * The TT_SUPPORT_COLRV1 macro is defined to indicate to clients that this
+   * version of FreeType has support for 'COLR' v1 API.  This definition is
+   * useful to FreeType clients that want to build in support for 'COLR' v1
+   * depending on a tip-of-tree checkout before it is officially released in
+   * FreeType, and while the feature cannot yet be tested against using
+   * version macros.  Don't change this macro.  This may be removed once the
+   * feature is in a FreeType release version and version macros can be used
+   * to test for availability.
+   */
+#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_COLOR_LAYERS
+#define  TT_SUPPORT_COLRV1
+#endif
+
+
   /*
    * Check CFF darkening parameters.  The checks are the same as in function
    * `cff_property_set` in file `cffdrivr.c`.