diff --git a/default.latex b/default.latex
index 5ef9170a9..412e15e85 100644
--- a/default.latex
+++ b/default.latex
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ $endif$
             pdfauthor={$author-meta$},
             pdftitle={$title-meta$},
             colorlinks=true,
+            citecolor=$if(citecolor)$$citecolor$$else$blue$endif$,
             urlcolor=$if(urlcolor)$$urlcolor$$else$blue$endif$,
             linkcolor=$if(linkcolor)$$linkcolor$$else$magenta$endif$,
             pdfborder={0 0 0}}