diff --git a/modules/programs/khal-calendar-accounts.nix b/modules/programs/khal-calendar-accounts.nix
index 12f1aeed2..f7f3dad61 100644
--- a/modules/programs/khal-calendar-accounts.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/khal-calendar-accounts.nix
@@ -20,5 +20,26 @@ with lib;
         type is set to discover.
       '';
     };
+
+    color = mkOption {
+      type = types.nullOr (types.enum [
+        "black" "white" "brown" "yellow" "dark gray" "dark green" "dark blue"
+        "light gray" "light green" "light blue" "dark magenta" "dark cyan"
+        "dark red" "light magenta" "light cyan" "light red"
+      ]);
+      default = null;
+      description = ''
+        Color in which events in this calendar are displayed.
+      '';
+      example = "light green";
+    };
+
+    priority = mkOption {
+      type = types.int;
+      default = 10;
+      description = ''
+        Priority of a calendar used for coloring.
+      '';
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/programs/khal.nix b/modules/programs/khal.nix
index 2e8c98310..f03e745ae 100644
--- a/modules/programs/khal.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/khal.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ let
     findSingle (a: a.primary) null null
     (mapAttrsToList (n: v: v // {name= n;}) khalAccounts);
 
+  toKeyValueListIfDefined = attrs:
+    mapAttrsToList (n: v: "${n} = ${toString v}")
+      (filterAttrs (_: v: !isNull v) attrs);
+
   genCalendarStr = name: value:
     concatStringsSep "\n" (
       [
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ let
         "path = ${value.local.path + "/" + (optionalString (value.khal.type == "discover") value.khal.glob)}"
       ]
       ++ optional (value.khal.readOnly) "readonly = True"
-      ++ optional (!isNull value.khal.type) "type = ${value.khal.type}"
+      ++ toKeyValueListIfDefined (getAttrs [ "type" "color" "priority" ] value.khal)
       ++ ["\n"]
     );
 
@@ -52,7 +56,6 @@ in
           default = optionalAttrs (!isNull primaryAccount) {
             default_calendar = if isNull primaryAccount.primaryCollection then primaryAccount.name else primaryAccount.primaryCollection;
           };
-
           locale = {
             timeformat = "%H:%M";
             dateformat = "%Y-%m-%d";