diff --git a/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/loglevel.h b/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/loglevel.h
index 68b228528c..1594465c37 100644
--- a/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/loglevel.h
+++ b/src/commonlib/include/commonlib/loglevel.h
@@ -178,6 +178,29 @@ static const char bios_log_prefix[BIOS_LOG_PREFIX_MAX_LEVEL + 1][5] = {
 	[BIOS_SPEW]    = "SPEW ",
 };
 
+/*
+ * When printing to terminals supporting ANSI escape sequences, the following
+ * escape sequences can be printed to highlight the respective log levels
+ * according to the BIOS_LOG_ESCAPE_PATTERN printf() pattern. At the end of a
+ * line, highlighting should be reset with the BIOS_LOG_ESCAPE_RESET seqence.
+ *
+ * The escape sequences used here set flags with the following meanings:
+ * 1 = bold, 4 = underlined, 5 = blinking, 7 = inverted
+ */
+#define BIOS_LOG_ESCAPE_PATTERN "\x1b[%sm"
+#define BIOS_LOG_ESCAPE_RESET "\x1b[0m"
+static const char bios_log_escape[BIOS_LOG_PREFIX_MAX_LEVEL + 1][8] = {
+	[BIOS_EMERG]   = "1;4;5;7",
+	[BIOS_ALERT]   = "1;4;7",
+	[BIOS_CRIT]    = "1;7",
+	[BIOS_ERR]     = "7",
+	[BIOS_WARNING] = "1;4",
+	[BIOS_NOTICE]  = "1",
+	[BIOS_INFO]    = "0",
+	[BIOS_DEBUG]   = "0",
+	[BIOS_SPEW]    = "0",
+};
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
 
 #endif /* LOGLEVEL_H */
diff --git a/src/console/Kconfig b/src/console/Kconfig
index f80d2e4972..37d8fefe96 100644
--- a/src/console/Kconfig
+++ b/src/console/Kconfig
@@ -395,6 +395,15 @@ config DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL
 
 endif
 
+config CONSOLE_USE_ANSI_ESCAPES
+	bool "Use ANSI escape sequences for console highlighting"
+	default y
+	help
+	  If enabled, certain consoles (e.g. UART) that are meant to be read on
+	  a terminal will use ANSI escape sequences (like `ESC [1m`) to
+	  highlight lines based on their log level. Disable this if your
+	  terminal does not support ANSI escape sequences.
+
 config NO_POST
 	bool "Don't show any POST codes"
 	default n
diff --git a/src/console/printk.c b/src/console/printk.c
index ddd14c0589..93aed52377 100644
--- a/src/console/printk.c
+++ b/src/console/printk.c
@@ -81,16 +81,26 @@ static void line_start(union log_state state)
 	if (state.speed == CONSOLE_LOG_FAST)
 		return;
 
-	/* Interactive consoles get a `[DEBUG]  ` style readable prefix. */
+	/* Interactive consoles get a `[DEBUG]  ` style readable prefix,
+	   and potentially an escape sequence for highlighting. */
+	if (CONFIG(CONSOLE_USE_ANSI_ESCAPES))
+		wrap_interactive_printf(BIOS_LOG_ESCAPE_PATTERN, bios_log_escape[state.level]);
 	wrap_interactive_printf(BIOS_LOG_PREFIX_PATTERN, bios_log_prefix[state.level]);
 }
 
+static void line_end(union log_state state)
+{
+	if (CONFIG(CONSOLE_USE_ANSI_ESCAPES) && state.speed != CONSOLE_LOG_FAST)
+		wrap_interactive_printf(BIOS_LOG_ESCAPE_RESET);
+}
+
 static void wrap_putchar(unsigned char byte, void *data)
 {
 	union log_state state = { .as_ptr = data };
 	static bool line_started = false;
 
 	if (byte == '\n') {
+		line_end(state);
 		line_started = false;
 	} else if (!line_started) {
 		line_start(state);