diff --git a/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh b/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
index 2602c89..e7cf931 100644
--- a/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
+++ b/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ elif which batcat &> /dev/null; then
   }
 fi
 
+# Wrap watch to colorize 'watch git status', otherwise pass through to the real
+# watch command.
+watch() {
+  if [ "git status" = "$*" ]; then
+    command watch --color -n 2 'git -c color.status=always status'
+  else
+    command watch "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
 if which docker-machine &> /dev/null; then
   # Wrap the docker command to print a message if a docker-machine is not
   # running, rather than just stating it can not find it's socket.