diff --git a/src/import-export/qif-import/qif-to-gnc.scm b/src/import-export/qif-import/qif-to-gnc.scm
index 7403231910..f7aae6ea5b 100644
--- a/src/import-export/qif-import/qif-to-gnc.scm
+++ b/src/import-export/qif-import/qif-to-gnc.scm
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@
                  new-acct (xaccAccountGetCommodity same-gnc-account))
                 (xaccAccountSetNotes
                  new-acct (xaccAccountGetNotes same-gnc-account))
+                (xaccAccountSetColor
+                 new-acct (xaccAccountGetColor same-gnc-account))
                 (xaccAccountSetCode
                  new-acct (xaccAccountGetCode same-gnc-account))))