diff --git a/tool/ports/mk/common.inc b/tool/ports/mk/common.inc
index 5117747c8..5a65fcbcd 100644
--- a/tool/ports/mk/common.inc
+++ b/tool/ports/mk/common.inc
@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@ VERBOSE ?= @
 ECHO    := echo -e
 HASHSUM := sha1sum
 
-BRIGHT_COL  ?= \033[01;33m
-DARK_COL    ?= \033[00;33m
-DEFAULT_COL ?= \033[0m
+BRIGHT_COL  ?= \x1b[01;33m
+DARK_COL    ?= \x1b[00;33m
+DEFAULT_COL ?= \x1b[0m
 
-MSG_PREFIX   := $(ECHO) "$(DARK_COL)$(notdir $(PORT:.port=))  $(DEFAULT_COL)"
-MSG_DOWNLOAD := $(MSG_PREFIX)"download "
-MSG_APPLY    := $(MSG_PREFIX)"apply "
-MSG_UPDATE   := $(MSG_PREFIX)"update "
-MSG_INSTALL  := $(MSG_PREFIX)"install "
-MSG_GENERATE := $(MSG_PREFIX)"generate "
-MSG_EXTRACT  := $(MSG_PREFIX)"extract "
+MSG_PREFIX_TXT := $(DARK_COL)$(notdir $(PORT:.port=))  $(DEFAULT_COL)
+MSG_PREFIX     := $(ECHO) "$(MSG_PREFIX_TXT)"
+MSG_DOWNLOAD   := $(MSG_PREFIX)"download "
+MSG_APPLY      := $(MSG_PREFIX)"apply "
+MSG_UPDATE     := $(MSG_PREFIX)"update "
+MSG_INSTALL    := $(MSG_PREFIX)"install "
+MSG_GENERATE   := $(MSG_PREFIX)"generate "
+MSG_EXTRACT    := $(MSG_PREFIX)"extract "
+MSG_GIT        := $(MSG_PREFIX_TXT)git 
 
diff --git a/tool/ports/mk/install.mk b/tool/ports/mk/install.mk
index 4c0f4bbde..4fc45ff39 100644
--- a/tool/ports/mk/install.mk
+++ b/tool/ports/mk/install.mk
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ _git_dir = $(call _assert,$(DIR($1)),Missing declaration of DIR($*))
 		($(ECHO) "Error: Undefined URL for $*"; false);
 	$(VERBOSE)dir=$(call _git_dir,$*);\
 		test -d $$dir || $(MSG_DOWNLOAD)$(URL($*)); \
-		test -d $$dir || git clone $(URL($*)) $$dir; \
+		test -d $$dir || git clone $(URL($*)) $$dir &> >(sed 's/^/$(MSG_GIT)/'); \
 		$(MSG_UPDATE)$$dir; \
 		cd $$dir && git fetch && git reset -q --hard HEAD && git checkout -q $(REV($*))